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noun
The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; loud speaking in public.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: haranguing
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noun
The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; loud speaking in public.
The public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: haranguing
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
vehement oratory
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: oratory
Narrower terms: tirade, philippic, broadside, harangue, rant, ranting, raving
noun
recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: recitation, recital, reading
History
From French déclamation, from Latin dēclāmātiō, dēclāmātiōnem, from dēclāmō, dēclāmāre; see declaim.
