Entry Word: oratory

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the art of speaking in public eloquently and effectively <this debate class will teach you all to be skilled at oratory>

Synonyms elocution

Related Words bombast, grandiloquence; rhetoric; discourse, speech, talk

2 language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere <the politician's oratory sounded good only to people who didnʼt bother to think> — see rhetoric 1