Found 3 items, similar to declamation.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: declamation deklamasi, pidato
English → English (WordNet) Definition: declamation declamation n 1: vehement oratory 2: recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric
English → English (gcide) Definition: Declamation Declamation \Dec`la*ma"tion\, n. [L. declamatio, from declamare: cf. F. d['e]clamation. See Declaim.] 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. [1913 Webster] The public listened with little emotion, but with much civility, to five acts of monotonous declamation. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. A set or harangue; declamatory discourse. [1913 Webster] 3. Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation. [1913 Webster]