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Definition of 'declamation'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) declamation
the act or art of declaiming.

2. declamation
exercise in oratory or elocution, as in the recitation of a classic speech.

3. declamation
speech or writing for oratorical effect.

Etymology: (1350–1400; < L)

Definition of 'declamation'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) declamation
vehement oratory

2. (noun) declamation
recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric

Definition of 'declamation'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) 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

2. (noun) declamation
a set or harangue; declamatory discourse

3. (noun) declamation
pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation

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