STYLISTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stylistic mean? 

• STYLISTIC (adjective)
  The adjective STYLISTIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to style (especially in the use of language)

  Familiarity information: STYLISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STYLISTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to style (especially in the use of language)

Context example:

stylistic devices

Similar:

rhetorical (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought)

Derivation:

style (distinctive and stylish elegance)

style (editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display)

style (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period)