declamation

English Thesaurus

1. vehement oratory (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	oratory,
definition	:	addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous) (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	broadside, philippic, tirade,
definition	:	a speech of violent denunciation (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	harangue, rant, ranting,
definition	:	a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	raving,
definition	:	declaiming wildly (noun.communication)

2. recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	reading, recital, recitation,
definition	:	a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance (noun.communication)

3. vehement oratory (noun.communication)

derivation	:	declaim, inveigh,
definition	:	speak against in an impassioned manner (verb.communication)

4. recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric (noun.communication)

derivation	:	declaim, recite,
definition	:	recite in elocution (verb.communication)

5. vehement oratory (noun.communication)

derivation	:	declaim, inveigh,
definition	:	speak against in an impassioned manner (verb.communication)

6. recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric (noun.communication)

derivation	:	declaim, recite,
definition	:	recite in elocution (verb.communication)