rhetorical question

English

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Noun

Examples
Do you really think it is necessary? Can't you do anything right? Who could possibly believe that this treatment is just? If someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?

rhetorical question (plural rhetorical questions)

A question posed only for dramatic or persuasive effect.
(colloquial) A question to which the asker does not expect an answer.
Are you nuts? Don't answer that – it's a rhetorical question.

Translations

question posed for dramatic or persuasive effect

Arabic: اِسْتِفْهَام مَجَازِيّ m (istifhām majāziyy)
Catalan: pregunta retòrica f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 反問句／反问句 (zh) (fǎnwènjù)
Czech: řečnická otázka f
Finnish: retorinen kysymys
French: question rhétorique (fr)
Galician: pregunta retórica f
German: rhetorische Frage (de) f
Hungarian: költői kérdés
Icelandic: retorísk spurning f, ræðuspurning f
Japanese: 修辞疑問 (しゅうじぎもん, jūji gimon), 反語 (ja) (はんご, hango)
Kazakh: шешендік мәселе (şeşendık mäsele)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: pirsa retorîk f
Macedonian: реторичко прашање n (retoričko prašanje)
Malay: soalan retorik
Maori: ui makihoi, ui mākoi, pātai mākoi
Polish: pytanie retoryczne (pl) n, pytania retoryczne n pl
Portuguese: pergunta retórica f
Romanian: interogație retorică (ro) f, întrebare retorică f
Russian: ритори́ческий вопро́с (ru) m (ritoríčeskij voprós)
Spanish: pregunta retórica f
Swedish: retorisk fråga c
Turkish: cümle değerli soru, retorik soru, tümce değerli soru
Ukrainian: ритори́чне запита́ння n (rytorýčne zapytánnja)
Yoruba: ìbéèrè pèsìjẹ

question to which no answer is expected

Finnish: retorinen kysymys
Ukrainian: ритори́чне запита́ння n (rytorýčne zapytánnja)
Yoruba: ìbéèrè pèsìjẹ

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