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Synonyms for declamation

Most common

rhetoric oratory oration elocution debate

All synonyms

Noun

Other

debate

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; loud speaking in public.

Forms

Plural
declamations → orations, oratories, elocutions, rhetorics…

Example sentences

  • rhetoric The homophobic rhetoric has declined over the years.
  • oratory You need to inject pauses into your oratory delivery.
  • oration His great oration was like pearls before swine.
  • debate The matter of his successor is still under debate.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
declamationfalling
rhetoricrising
oratorysteady
orationsteady
elocutionsteady
debaterising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
debate2
7 letters
oratory4, oration3
8 letters
speaking2, rhetoric3, harangue2
9 letters
elocution4
10 letters
haranguing3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (debate2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
déclamation
Italiano
declamazione
Español
declamación