declamation
the act or art of declaiming.
exercise in oratory or elocution, as in the recitation of a classic speech.
speech or writing for oratorical effect.
Music. the proper enunciation of the words, as in recitative.
Origin of declamation
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How to use declamation in a sentence
The lyrical declamation has inspired luminaries ranging from Kurt Vonnegut to Robert Frost.
James Franco and Scott Haze on 'The Sound and the Fury' and Gawker 'Outing' Them As A 'Couple' | Marlow Stern | September 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs Kenney launched into the work, a humorous declamation from Thurber, one of them interrupted with a criticism.
Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National Lampoon | Robert Sam Anson | March 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat Verrilli did not do is “rise” to the level of angry declamation coming at him from the other side of the bench.
Solicitor General’s Critics Wrong About his Defense of Obamacare | Charles Fried | March 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe vociferous tones pierce my ears, and my heart bleeds at his meaningless declamation.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanAmplification, declamation, and exaggeration were at all times the faults of the Greeks, excepting Demosthenes and Aristotle.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
Cobden did the reasoning, Bright supplied the declamation, but like Demosthenes he mingled argument with appeal.
Mr. Bowman looked at me sharply for a moment, and then passed in a flash from solemn sympathy to impassioned declamation.
A Thin Ghost and Others | M. R. (Montague Rhodes) JamesBut this is a piece of simple and vigorous declamation; very fine, no doubt but rather rhetoric than poetry.
Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh | George W. Foote
British Dictionary definitions for declamation
/ (ˌdɛkləˈmeɪʃən) /
a rhetorical or emotional speech, made esp in order to protest or condemn; tirade
a speech, verse, etc, that is or can be spoken
the act or art of declaiming
music the artistry or technique involved in singing recitative passages
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