declamation

Meaning

Noun

The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; loud speaking in public.
A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense.

Origin

From French déclamation, from Latin declamatio, from declamo; see declaim.

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