Declamation
WordNet
noun
(1) Vehement oratory
(2) Recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric
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Etymology
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Noun
- 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.