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noun
1.
the act or art of declaiming.
2.
exercise in oratory or elocution, as in the recitation of a classic speech.
3.
speech or writing for oratorical effect.
4.
Music. the proper enunciation of the words, as in recitative.
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Declamation
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Example Sentences
- There was a lot of transitional crudeness between registers and a tendency toward unsubtle declamation.
- Puntilla a kick in the rear to signal him to get on with his poetical declamation.
- She used nonsense poetry and drawing-room declamation.
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Word Origin & History
declamation
1550s, from L. declamationem, noun of action from declamare (see declaim).
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