About The Word Declamation
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Declamation
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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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Declamation: Related Terms | Find terms related to Declamation: 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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