Definition of Declamation
Dec`la`ma´tion
n.
1.
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
.
The
public
listened
with
little
emotion
,
but
with
much
civility
,
to
five
acts
of
monotonous
declamation
.
- Macaulay.
2.
A
set
or
harangue
;
declamatory
discourse
.
3.
Pretentious
rhetorical
display
,
with
more
sound
than
sense
;
as
,
mere
declamation
.
Related Words
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,
recitation
,
recite
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