- the act or art of declaiming
- a speech, poem, etc. that is or can be declaimed
Origin of declamation
Middle English declamacioun from Classical Latin declamatio from past participle of declaim
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.
The definition of a declamation means a speech with feeling, or refers to the act of reciting a speech or rhetoric.
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noun
- A recitation delivered as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution.
- a. Vehement oratory.b. A speech marked by strong feeling; a tirade.
Origin of declamation
Middle English declamacioun from Latin dēclāmātiō dēclāmātiōn- from dēclāmātus past participle of dēclāmāre to declaim ; see declaim .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural declamations)
- 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.
- A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
- Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
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See also: déclamationFrom French déclamation, from Latin dēclāmātiō, dēclāmātiōnem, from dēclāmō, dēclāmāre; see declaim
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Sentence Examples
- For cool and sustained declamation he stood unrivalled in parliament, and his readiness in debate was universally acknowledged.
- Cobden did the reasoning, Bright supplied the declamation, but like Demosthenes he mingled argument with appeal.
- The latter part of the essay is remarkable for its fervid presentment of the charms of scenery and for vigorous declamation against the follies and a crimes of ambitious men.
- Several years after the death of Socrates the sophist Polycrates composed a declamation against him, to which Lysias replied.
- In literature and oratory he was more distinguished, receiving a Boylston prize for declamation, and two Bowdoin prizes for dissertations, the first essay being on "The Character of Socrates" and the second on "The Present State of Ethical Philosophy" - both rather dull, formal, didactic productions.
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Words near declamation in the dictionary
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