Dec`la*ma"tion (?), n. [L.
declamatio, from declamare: cf. F.
déclamation. See Declaim.] 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. A set or harangue; declamatory
discourse.
3. Pretentious rhetorical display, with more
sound than sense; as, mere declamation.