Declamation
[deklə'meɪʃ(ə)n] or ['dɛklə'meʃən]
Definition
(noun.) vehement oratory.
(noun.) recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric.
Edited by Everett--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
(n.) Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Declaiming, haranguing, spouting.[2]. Harangue, set speech.[3]. Exercise in speaking.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Oratory, elocution, harangue, effusion, debate
ANT:Stammering, titubancy, hesitation, tardiloquence
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Examples
- During her declamation Eustacia held her head erect, and spoke as roughly as she could, feeling pretty secure from observation. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But when the others had gone, Birkin turned round in bitter declamation, saying: 'It is just the opposite, just the contrary, Hermione. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This will immediately cut off all loose discourses and declamations, and reduce us to something precise and exact on the present subject. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- There was first one reciter, then two, and then three, and the rest of the company became the chorus to the declamations of these principal actors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The city was alarmed with these declamations, and though the war was removed into Africa, the danger seemed to approach nearer Rome than ever. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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