- (n.) Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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