06768528-n 'a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered';
 
Chinese (simplified) 反问句
English rhetorical question
Japanese 修辞疑問 , 反語
Definitions
English
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
Japanese
質問として述べられるが、答えられると想定されていない言明
彼は修辞疑問の形で論点を述べるのを好んだ
Relations
Hypernym: statement
Semantic Field: communicationn
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SUMO: ⊂ Stating

TempoWN: (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.926; Future: 0.002)

SentiWN: (+0.00 -0.25) MLSentiCon: (+0.00 -0.12)


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