diction

IPA: dˈɪkʃʌn

noun

  • Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication.
  • The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.
  • (theater) Enunciation, pronunciation.
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Examples of "diction" in Sentences

  • Is this about intellect or insane skills in diction?
  • Shit, now my diction is all off b/c I in no way intend to equate you or anyone with blogtards.
  • All forms of English are more or less mutually intelligible, with some important variations in diction and vocabulary.
  • Maybe he's too cute, maybe his diction is too good, maybe he doesn't have enough tough-sounding consonants in his name.
  • Poetic language and elevated diction is an obstacle to understanding for "ordinary" people, Wordsworth seems to be saying.
  • The diction is simple and crisp, the details are acute, as metaphors slowly assemble, cloud-like, creating a melancholic atmosphere.
  • I think it's the sort of piece where if the diction is really energetically articulated, it carries a lot of the musical line with it, and the mezzo's diction was particularly clear.
  • Hence, although emotion is the overriding topic, paradoxically it is not immediacy but diffuseness in diction, syntax, and argument that has manifested itself as the overriding style.
  • The classically trained singers that I've heard inevitably sound less than spontaneous, to be charitable, and their diction is invariably too "correct" and too lots of other things that I don't want to hear.

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