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ALLOCUTION

Dictionary entry overview: What does allocution mean?

• ALLOCUTION (noun)
The noun ALLOCUTION has 1 sense:

1. (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts

Familiarity information: ALLOCUTION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ALLOCUTION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("allocution" is a kind of...):

address; speech (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)

Domain category:

rhetoric (study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking))

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