declamation in English dictionary

  • declamation

    Meanings and definitions of "declamation"

    • 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.
    • A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
    • 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.
    • noun
      A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
    • noun
      Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
    • The act or art of declaiming.
    • noun
      Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
      And this coolness often prevents our being carried away by a stream of eloquence, which the prejudiced mind terms declamation -- a pomp of words.
    • noun
      recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric
    • noun
      vehement oratory

    Synonyms of "declamation" in English dictionary

    recitation, recital, reading are the top synonyms of "declamation" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of declamation

    • declamation ( plural  declamations)
    • declamation (plural declamations)

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