oratory 1
noundomain: communication
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
Examples
- 1.he loved the sound of his own oratory
Hypernym
address 3
noun
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
EnglishDerivationally related form
oratorical 1
adjective
characteristic of an orator or oratory
Hyponym
keynote speech 1
noun
a speech setting forth the keynote
an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election
oration 1
noun
an instance of oratory
declamation 1
noun
vehement oratory
a type of oratory used to eulogize or condemn a person or group of people
