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Vociferation Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Vociferation has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

"the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"

2

The act of exclaiming; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.

See Also
vociferously vociferous vociferate vehement exclaim voice utterance outcry
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
utterance
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bellow blue murder catcall clamor halloo hoot hosanna noise scream whoop war cry yelling yodel boo

Origin

The word comes from the Latin vociferatio, meaning "a shouting." It is formed from vox ("voice") and fero ("to carry"), originally describing the act of carrying or bearing a voice loudly.

Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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