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Adjective (2)

of, relating to, or used in public debate or argumentOpposite unrhetoricalSimilar rhetorical
used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law“forensic photograph”“forensic ballistics”Opposite theoreticalSimilar applied

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Fo·ren′sic adjective

Origin: L. forensis, fr. forum a public place, market place. See Forum.

Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes.

Forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence; medicine in its relations to law.

Fo·ren′sic noun

Amer. Colleges An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54