Definition of declamation Declamation
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What does declamation mean?
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NounPlural: declamations |
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| declamation - vehement oratory | ||
| oratory addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory" | ||
| philippic, tirade, broadside a speech of violent denunciation | ||
| harangue, ranting, rant a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion | ||
| declamation - recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric | ||
| recitation, recital, reading a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems" | ||
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- declamation (Noun)
The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students. - declamation (Noun)
A set or harangue; declamatory discourse. - declamation (Noun)
Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- declamation (n.)
The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students. - declamation (n.)
A set or harangue; declamatory discourse. - declamation (n.)
Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
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declamation
The act or art of declaiming.
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🔤- declamation, noun, singular of declamations.
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