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declamation

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dec·la·ma·tion  (dkl-mshn)
n.
1. A recitation delivered as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution.
2.
a. Vehement oratory.
b. A speech marked by strong feeling; a tirade.

[Middle English declamacioun, from Latin dclmti, dclmtin-, from dclmtus, past participle of dclmre, to declaim; see declaim.]

declamation [ˌdɛkləˈmeɪʃən]
n
1. (Literature / Rhetoric) a rhetorical or emotional speech, made esp in order to protest or condemn; tirade
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a speech, verse, etc., that is or can be spoken
3. (Literature / Rhetoric) the act or art of declaiming
4. (Music / Classical Music) Music the artistry or technique involved in singing recitative passages
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.declamationdeclamation - vehement oratory                    
philippic, tirade, broadside - a speech of violent denunciation
oratory - addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory"
harangue, rant, ranting - a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
raving - declaiming wildly; "the raving of maniacs"
2.declamation - recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric
recitation, recital, reading - a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"

declamation
noun speech, address, lecture, rant, tirade, harangue, oration, recitation Her warnings and declamations went unheeded.
Translations
declamation [ˌdekləˈmeɪʃən] Ndeclamación f
declamation
nDeklamation f; (against sth) → Tirade f
declamation [ˌdɛkləˈmeɪʃn] ndeclamazione f
declamation [ˌdɛkləˈmeɪʃn] ndeclamazione f


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With no thought of incongruity, too, these writers brought God the Father onto the stage in bodily form, and then, attempting in all sincerity to show him reverence, gilded his face and put into his mouth long speeches of exceedingly tedious declamation.
It was a place to quote Alastor in, and nothing but a bad memory prevented my affrighting the oaks and rills with declamation.
His mouth was now as effectually stopt, as that of quack must be, if, in the midst of a declamation on the great virtues of his pills and powders, the corpse of one of his martyrs should be brought forth, and deposited before the stage, as a testimony of his skill.
 
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