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declamation

[ dek-luh-mey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act or art of declaiming.
  2. exercise in oratory or elocution, as in the recitation of a classic speech.
  3. speech or writing for oratorical effect.
  4. Music. the proper enunciation of the words, as in recitative.


declamation

/ ˌdɛkləˈmeɪʃən /

noun

  1. a rhetorical or emotional speech, made esp in order to protest or condemn; tirade
  2. a speech, verse, etc, that is or can be spoken
  3. the act or art of declaiming
  4. music the artistry or technique involved in singing recitative passages
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of declamation1

1350–1400; < Latin dēclāmātiōn- (stem of dēclāmātiō ), equivalent to dēclāmāt ( us ) (past participle of dēclāmāre to declaim; -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion
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Example Sentences

The lyrical declamation has inspired luminaries ranging from Kurt Vonnegut to Robert Frost.

As Kenney launched into the work, a humorous declamation from Thurber, one of them interrupted with a criticism.

What Verrilli did not do is “rise” to the level of angry declamation coming at him from the other side of the bench.

The vociferous tones pierce my ears, and my heart bleeds at his meaningless declamation.

Amplification, declamation, and exaggeration were at all times the faults of the Greeks, excepting Demosthenes and Aristotle.

Cobden did the reasoning, Bright supplied the declamation, but like Demosthenes he mingled argument with appeal.

Mr. Bowman looked at me sharply for a moment, and then passed in a flash from solemn sympathy to impassioned declamation.

But this is a piece of simple and vigorous declamation; very fine, no doubt but rather rhetoric than poetry.

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