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rhetor·i·cal ques·tion

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  1. rhetorical questionnoun

    a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered

    "he liked to make his points with rhetorical questions"

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  1. The Spokesman-Review:

    I was being rhetorical, because I was trying to make the point that equalizing a colonoscopy to this particular procedure was apples and oranges, so I was asking a rhetorical question that was designed to make her say that they weren't the same thing, and she did so. It was the response I wanted.


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