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elocution

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of elocution

the art of speaking in public eloquently and effectively

  • the oft-told story that he practiced elocution by learning to speak with a mouth full of pebbles
Synonyms of elocution

oratory, public speaking
Words Related to elocution

bombast, grandiloquence

eloquence, rhetoric

discourse, speech, talk

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