as in speech
a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience
inspired declamations about the global triumph of democracy within our lifetimes
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Recent Examples of declamation
Mateus’s approach to the declamation of text by nonprofessional actors finds its roots in movies by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, while her mythic, loamy exploration of the lives of the poor through history follows in the footsteps of the Portuguese director Pedro Costa.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025
On Tuesday, March 4 at 8 p.m. the Jordan High School students will hold their declamation and oration contests.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Darcy’s singing may sometimes bring to mind the stentorian declamations of the Fall’s Mark E. Smith, but there’s also a strain of petulant hot-guy brio in his voice that a Strokes fan might recognize.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
Ideologues and power-mongers of many sorts, from brazen Black profiteers in Paris to frivolous white do-gooders, fill the frame with their declamations.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
But the whole show is well cast and performed, and even when the action feels overly constructed or declamatory — and there is a rash of declamation toward the season’s end — there is something or someone pleasing to latch onto.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
But don’t confuse Iggy’s rant or its wild musicality as a return to Stooges-like raucousness and institutional declamation for nostalgia.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 6 Jan. 2023
His sound world is brooding, with grimly hovering drones, enhanced by electronic effects, under heated declamation.
—New York Times, 12 July 2022
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025
On Tuesday, March 4 at 8 p.m. the Jordan High School students will hold their declamation and oration contests.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Darcy’s singing may sometimes bring to mind the stentorian declamations of the Fall’s Mark E. Smith, but there’s also a strain of petulant hot-guy brio in his voice that a Strokes fan might recognize.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
Ideologues and power-mongers of many sorts, from brazen Black profiteers in Paris to frivolous white do-gooders, fill the frame with their declamations.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
But the whole show is well cast and performed, and even when the action feels overly constructed or declamatory — and there is a rash of declamation toward the season’s end — there is something or someone pleasing to latch onto.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
But don’t confuse Iggy’s rant or its wild musicality as a return to Stooges-like raucousness and institutional declamation for nostalgia.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 6 Jan. 2023
His sound world is brooding, with grimly hovering drones, enhanced by electronic effects, under heated declamation.
—New York Times, 12 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for declamation
speech
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But as the practice evolved, eager writers like Jefferson and John Adams (but not George Washington or James Madison, for instance), gravitated to a richer, sympathy-bearing idiom, which no doubt bled into intimate speech, now lost.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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In 2022, Helmig announced that he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, which primarily affected his speech.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Declamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/declamation. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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