'Declamation' definitions:

Definition of 'declamation'

From: WordNet
noun
Vehement oratory
noun
Recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric

Definition of 'Declamation'

From: GCIDE
  • Declamation \Dec`la*ma"tion\, n. [L. declamatio, from declamare: cf. F. d['e]clamation. See Declaim.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The public listened with little emotion, but with much civility, to five acts of monotonous declamation. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A set or harangue; declamatory discourse. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation. [1913 Webster]

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