declamation

About 0.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; loud speaking in public.
2. noun The public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges.
3. noun A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
4. noun Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense.

   mere declamation

Similar words

declaimant speeching speechmaking declaration pronunciamento disclamation allocution proclamation acclaim denunciation

Often followed by

of and in against is on was to which

Word family

declamations