Associations to the word «Declamation»
Noun
- Instruction
- Pupil
- Chorus
- Slavery
- Drama
- Fletcher
- Dignity
- Liberty
- Subject
- Tendency
- Gesture
- Audience
- Enthusiasm
- Writing
- Poet
- Expression
- Delivery
- Reader
- Poem
- Phrase
- Taste
- Necessity
- Elder
- Ancient
- Massacre
- Emotion
- Habit
- Rome
- Grammar
- Shakespeare
- Passage
- Opinion
- Piece
- Beauty
- Competition
- Setting
- Music
- Dancing
- Tone
- Lesson
- Student
- Voice
- Dance
- Manner
- Comment
- Composer
- Sing
- Trinity
- Language
- Painting
- Friday
- Revolution
- Mode
- Napoleon
- Orchestra
- Spoke
- Constitution
- Imagination
- Inquiry
- Prize
- Genre
- Word
Adjective
Wiktionary
DECLAMATION, noun. 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.
DECLAMATION, noun. A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
DECLAMATION, noun. Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
Dictionary definition
DECLAMATION, noun. Vehement oratory.
DECLAMATION, noun. Recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric.
Wise words
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is
the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color
and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.