rhetology

English

Noun

rhetology (uncountable)

1. The form of rhetorical argument or reasoning that characterizes a rhetorolect.
   • 2012, Duane F. Watson, Miracle Discourse in the New Testament, →ISBN, page 101:

     I have already suggested that rhetology is dominant in some forms of discourse when compared with others, for example, apocalyptic compared with wisdom.

   • 2015, Vernon K. Robbins, Jonathan M. Potter, Jesus and Mary Reimagined in Early Christian Literature, →ISBN, page 17:

     At this point in the narration, Lukan prophetic miracle rhetology evokes the belief that power of the Lord in Jesus flowed through the brier into the body of the young man.

   • 2017, Robert H. von Thaden Jr., Sex, Christ, and Embodied Cognition: Paul's Wisdom for Corinth, →ISBN:

     The former type of argument is grounded in rhetography - rhetoric that evokes images - and the latter is built upon rhetology - rhetoric that evokes logical reasoning.'