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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
  • Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
  • 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.

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