declamation

The definition of a declamation means a speech with feeling, or refers to the act of reciting a speech or rhetoric.

(noun)

A political speech that is a great piece of rhetoric and that inspires others is an example of a declamation.
When you deliver a political speech intended to rally supporters and intimidate opponents, this is an example of declamation.

See declamation in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: ME declamacioun < L declamatio < pp. of declaim

See declamation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: Middle English declamacioun

Origin: , from Latin dēclāmātiō, dēclāmātiōn-

Origin: , from dēclāmātus

Origin: , past participle of dēclāmāre, to declaim; see declaim

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