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noun

the act of delivering speeches in public.

the art or skill of addressing an audience effectively.

Origin:
1755–65

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public speaking

—n
	the art or practice of making speeches to large audiences

public speaker

—n

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public speaking

the rationale and practice of persuasive public speaking. It is immediate in its audience relationships and reactions, but it may also have broad historical repercussions. The orator may become the voice of political or social history.

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Example sentences

Ideal candidates will enjoy public speaking and presenting information to the

community.

His attention span is short, his public speaking poor.

Determines whether visualization can enhance students' public speaking

performance and reduce speech anxiety.

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treatments for public speaking anxiety.

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"As debate is rare in the House of Representatives, since nearly all real business is done in the committees, it is very natural that such debate as there is should be very oratorical, should be "sounding off," not discussion. And this is one of the reasons why public speaking in America is still so rhetorical, why audiences for example do not often "heckle" a speaker, bombard him with questions, or embarrass him with ironical applause or laughter. It is almost as rare to interrupt a political speech as it is to interrupt a sermon. In the Senate, things are different. Any senator who can get the floor can talk as long as his wind lasts. He cannot be out of order unless he takes the most extravagant liberties. So Senate debates are often lively, often educational. They are very different from the formal pieces declaimed in the other house, or even printed and sent to the voters without being spoken at all. A senator has to persuade his colleagues, even those of his own party, or he has to intimidate them, and so the Senate has a high representation of public speakers who can discuss as well as declaim."

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