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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
declamation
dec·lam·ation [declamation declamations] BrE [ˌdekləˈmeɪʃn] NAmE [ˌdekləˈmeɪʃn] noun (formal)
1. uncountable the act of speaking or of expressing sth to an audience in a formal way
2. countable a speech or piece of writing that strongly expresses feelings and opinions
•The most successful newspaper stories are often declamations of patriotism.
Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘a set speech’): from Latin declamatio(n-), from the verb declamare, from de- (expressing thoroughness)  clamare ‘to shout’.
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