Associations to the word «Diction»

Wiktionary

DICTION, noun. The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice, and presentation of said words.

Dictionary definition

DICTION, noun. The articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience.
DICTION, noun. The manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats