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Synonyms for declamation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dek-luh-mey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɛk ləˈmeɪ ʃən |
Définition of declamation
Origin :- late 14c., from Latin declamationem (nominative declamatio), noun of action from past participle stem of declamare (see declaim).
- noun discourse
- noun ranting
- It was only yesterday morning Master Jones decided to have declamation to-day.
- Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various
- The air of the New World seems favourable to the art of declamation.
- Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
- In contrast to Kemble's declamation, Kean's acting was vehement and passionate.
- Extract from : « The Facts About Shakespeare » by William Allan Nielson
- As he advanced in his declamation, his ardour seemed to increase.
- Extract from : « Waverley » by Sir Walter Scott
- In this year he obtained the first college prize for an English declamation.
- Extract from : « Spare Hours » by John Brown
- And all these people had a veritable mania for declamation and fancy dress.
- Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
- Tut, man,—when did declamation ever overthrow castles, and conquer soldiery?
- Extract from : « Rienzi » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
- It might be so; yet any evidence beyond probability and declamation is lacking.
- Extract from : « Robin Tremayne » by Emily Sarah Holt
- Then he burst on us with a declamation on all that was wrong in India, and its remedy.
- Extract from : « Gryll Grange » by Thomas Love Peacock
- In language, except in declamation, there is no second vowel sound.
- Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
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- in a decline
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