mere rhetoric
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmereandrhetoric
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mere
adjective[before noun]
uk/mɪər/us/mɪr/
used to emphasize that something is not large ...
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rhetoric
noun[U]
uk/ˈret.ər.ɪk/us/ˈret̬.ɚ.ɪk/
speech or writing intended to be effective and ...
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(Definition ofmereandrhetoricfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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One or two begin with loud tuttis, but thereafter eschewmererhetoric.
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At the same time it does not endorse the view that a call to a more rigid application of western values was onlymererhetoric.
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Consequently, it establishes an opposition between inclusion asmererhetoricand exclusion as the tough reality behind this mask.
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This distinction was more thanmererhetoric.
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Simple-minded ethical talk about 'equality' in the health context ismererhetoricunless one gets to be specific about equality of what and of whom and for what.
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All the rest ismererhetoricand populism.
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We are concerned with realities and not withmererhetoric.
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This is notmererhetoric; it is an important reality.
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These questions are notmererhetoric: they must be answered.
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All the talk about the scourge of unemployment ismererhetoricto conceal their guilt.
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It is not an exaggeration ormererhetoricto say that only far-reaching reform will guarantee our fishermen and our fish stocks a future.
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We cannot afford to wait, and we must move beyondmererhetoric.
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It is notmererhetoricto say that.
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All education suffers and talk of improving skills becomesmererhetoric.
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My statement was objected to by the newspapers, who said it wasmererhetoric.
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It is notmererhetoricto use those terms.
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We must be unequivocal in our condemnation of these outrages and must ensure that the mobilisation of peacekeeping resources goes beyondmererhetoric.
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Clearly, it will not be prevented bymererhetoricor by demagogic appeals.
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If his words were not meant asmererhetoriche is counting on a sense of fair play within the community.
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However, on its own, the clause which provides for this ismererhetoricunless it is backed up by more detailed provisions.
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