declamation
pronunciation
How to pronounce declamation in British English:
UK [ˌdekləˈmeɪʃn]
How to pronounce declamation in American English:
US [ˌdɛkləˈmeʃən]
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- Noun:
- vehement oratory
- recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric
Word Origin
- declamation (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin declamationem (nominative declamatio), noun of action from past participle stem of declamare (see declaim).
Example
- 1. His ecstatic declamation of the sonorous rhythm was enough for me .
- 2. Were you present at the declamation contest of freshmen ?
- 3. Let every declamation turn upon the beauty of liberty and virtue , and the deformity , turpitude , and malignity of slavery and vice .