English-Thai Dictionary

declamation

N การแสดง สุนทรพจน์ อย่าง ฉะฉาน  การ พูด หรือ อ่าน อย่าง ฉะฉาน  kan-sa-daeng-sun-tor-ra-phod-yang-cha-chan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECLAMATION

n. 1. A speech made in public, in the tone and manner of an oration; a discourse addressed to the reason or to the passions; a set speech; a harangue. This word is applied especially to the public speaking and speeches of students in colleges, practiced for exercises in oratory. It is applies also to public speaking in the legislature, and in the pulpit. Very often it is used for a noisy harangue, without solid sense or argument; as, mere declamation; empty declamation.
2. A piece spoken in public, or intended for the public.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DECLAMATION

Dec `la *ma "tion, n. Etym: [L. declamatio, from declamare: cf. F.déclamation. 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.The public listened with little emotion, but with much civility, to five acts of monotonous declamation. Macaulay.

 

2. A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.

 

3. Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

declamation

dec la ma tion |ˌdekləˈmāSHən ˌdɛkləˈmeɪʃən | ▶noun the action or art of declaiming: Shakespearean declamation | declamations of patriotism. • a rhetorical exercise or set speech. • forthright or distinct projection of words set to music: a soprano soloist with wonderfully clear declamation. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘a set speech ’): from Latin declamatio (n- ), from the verb declamare (see declaim ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

declamation

dec ¦lam |ation |dɛkləˈmeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or art of declaiming: Shakespearean declamation | [ count noun ] : declamations of patriotism. • [ count noun ] a rhetorical exercise or set speech. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘a set speech ’): from Latin declamatio (n- ), from the verb declamare (see declaim ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

declamation

declamation noun he delivered a passionate declamation: speech, address, lecture, sermon, homily, discourse, oration, recitation, disquisition, monologue.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

declamation

declamation noun he delivered a passionate declamation: speech, address, lecture, sermon, homily, discourse, delivery, oration, recitation, disquisition, monologue; harangue, tirade, diatribe, broadside, rant; informal spiel; N. Amer. informal stump speech; rare peroration, allocution, predication.

 

French Dictionary

déclamation

déclamation n. f. nom féminin 1 Art de déclamer. : La déclamation d ’une pièce de théâtre. 2 péjoratif Phrase pompeuse, emphase.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

declamation

dec la ma tion /dèkləméɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 ｟文 ｠1 U 朗読 (法 ); 雄弁 (術 ).2 C 熱弁 .