noun a set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
2. declamation ·noun pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
3. declamation ·noun 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.