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Meaning of declamation in English
Pronunciation
/ˌdɛkləˈmeɪʃən/
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Noun
declamation
Etymology
late Middle English (in the sense ‘a set speech’): from Latin declamatio(n-), from the verb declamare (see declaim)
Definitions
1.
vehement oratory
2.
recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric