peroration

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19:54 Dec 16, 2019
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Social Sciences - Linguistics
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English term or phrase: peroration
Definition from Oxford dictionary:
The concluding part of a speech, typically intended to inspire enthusiasm in the audience.

Example sentence(s):
  • Motioning the startled min­ister to stand aside, the aged stranger improvises a bitter peroration that makes clear the true meaning of the prayer. Harper's magazine
  • When Stubbs gave his inaugural lecture at Oxford in 1867, he concluded his peroration somewhat defiantly. History Today
  • The press and the makers of movies have one common enemy, he said: marketing. On this subject he delivered a truly energized peroration. The Washington Post
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