Rhetoric is commonly introduced this way in college composition courses. Here's a good approachable introduction: https://pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu/csu-fyw-r

Rhetoric is commonly introduced this way in college composition courses. Here's a good approachable introduction: https://pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu/csu-fyw-rhetoric/chapter/rhetorical-strategies-building-compelling-arguments/ https://pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu/csu-fyw-rhetoric/chapter... Typically when I hear the word rhetoric used in the way you're defending, as a pejorative autoantonym, it's by political talking-heads trying to dismiss an argument of an opponent.