speechmaking

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noun

The delivery of speeches

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oratoryrhetoricspeechifyingpublic speakingspeakingoral presentation
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Meanings

nounspeechmaking (usually uncountable, plural speechmakings)

plural speechmakings

  1. uncountableusuallyThe delivery of speeches

    Conciliatory gestures and speechmaking have abounded from both sides in recent weeks.

    2009 January 11, Mark Leibovich, “Looking for Peace, Love and Manners in Washington”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: oratory, rhetoric, speechifying

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe delivery of speeches

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oratoryrhetoricspeechifying

More synonyms by meaning

noundelivering an address to a public audience

Similar
public speakingspeakingoral presentation
Broader
addressspeech
Also see
public speakingspeaking

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From speech + making.

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APA

speechmaking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speechmaking

MLA

“speechmaking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speechmaking. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “speechmaking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speechmaking.

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