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Declamation

Declamation Meaning & Definition
Declamation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Declamation?

[n] vehement oratory
[n] recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric

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See Also | broadside | harangue | oratory | philippic | rant | ranting | raving | recitation | tirade

Declamation In Webster's Dictionary

\Dec`la*ma"tion\, n. [L. declamatio, from declamare: cf. F. d['e]clamation. See {Declaim}.] 1. 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. The public listened with little emotion, but with much civility, to five acts of monotonous declamation. --Macaulay. 2. A set or harangue; declamatory discourse. 3. Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.

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