Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of making speeches or of haranguing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Used humorously or in contempt. The act of speechifying.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
speechifying .
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Examples
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Are you saying she has no right to take exception to being used as a pawn in his scheme to improve this country through speechification?
Nathaniel Bach: "Big Tent" Re-Opens: Obama Campaign Reverses CA Delegate Purge 2008
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When it came to my turn to return thanks, I believe I made a very tolerable speechification, at least everybody says so.
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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I made a speechification of some length in the Section about a new animal.
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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When it came to my turn to return thanks, I believe I made a very tolerable speechification, at least everybody says so.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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I made a speechification of some length in the Section about a new animal.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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I have very strong opinions on the subject of speechification, and hold that there is, everywhere, a vast amount too much of it.
The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2 (of 3), 1857-1870 Charles Dickens 1841
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However, there is perhaps also something to be said by the fact that the committee members will also not be under the spotlight, and will actually have focused questions rather than speechification.
TPMMuckraker 2009
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However, there is perhaps also something to be said by the fact that the committee members will also not be under the spotlight, and will actually have focused questions rather than speechification.
TPMMuckraker 2009
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Yes, David, regardless of whether or not the President had anything useful to say, we're sorry that his latest speechification about the economic crisis put a crimp into your lame-ass BS stunt.
Medialoper 2008
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514 Jahannam and the other six Hells are personified as feminine; and (woman-like) they are somewhat addicted to prolix speechification.
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