DECLAMATION

declamation. declamation, an oration of a matter feyned.

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declamation. Declamation, n. discourse, harangue, speech

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Dec′la‐ma″tion (?), n. [[L. declamatio, from declamare: cf. F. déclamation. See Declaim.]] 1. 1. 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.
The public listened with little emotion, but with much civility, to five acts of monotonous declamation. Macaulay. 2. 2. A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
3. 3. Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.