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* French: {{t+|fr|question rhétorique}}
* German: {{t+|de|rhetorische Frage|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|rhetorische Frage|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|költői kérdés}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|retorísk spurning|f}}, {{t|is|ræðuspurning|f}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|retorísk spurning|f}}, {{t|is|ræðuspurning|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|修辞疑問|tr=しゅうじぎもん, jūji gimon|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|反語|tr=はんご, hango|sc=Jpan}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|修辞疑問|tr=しゅうじぎもん, jūji gimon|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|反語|tr=はんご, hango|sc=Jpan}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|шешендік мәселе|sc=Cyrl}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|шешендік мәселе|sc=Cyrl}}
* Kurdish: {{t|ku|pirsa retorîk|f|sc=ku-Arab}}
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* Kurdish: {{t|ku|pirsa retorîk|f|sc=ku-Arab}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|реторичко прашање|n|tr=retóričko prášanje}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|реторичко прашање|n|tr=retóričko prášanje}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|ui makihoi}}, {{t|mi|ui mākoi}}, {{t|mi|pātai mākoi}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|ui makihoi}}, {{t|mi|ui mākoi}}, {{t|mi|pātai mākoi}}

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Noun

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rhetorical question (plural rhetorical questions)

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

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