HyperDic: declamation

English > 2 senses of the word declamation:
NOUNcommunicationdeclamationvehement oratory
communicationdeclamationrecitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric
English > declamation: 2 senses > noun 1, communication
Meaningvehement oratory.
Narrowerharangue, rant, rantingA loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
ravingdeclaiming wildly
tirade, philippic, broadsideA speech of violent denunciation
Broaderoratoryaddressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
Spanishdeclamación
Catalandeclamació
Verbsdeclaimspeak against in an impassioned manner
English > declamation: 2 senses > noun 2, communication
Meaningrecitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric.
Broaderrecitation, recital, readingA public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
Verbsdeclaimrecite in elocution

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