diction
Other forms: dictions
Diction is the way you talk, that is, the way you enunciate or pronounce your words, and the words and phrases you choose to use.
If you've seen the musical "My Fair Lady," you know the character Eliza Doolittle struggles with her diction as her mentor tries to teach her to become a lady. Because of her accent, she has the most difficult time properly pronouncing even the most simple phrases, but in the end, she succeeds in saying things like the key phrase, "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain."
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the manner in which something is expressed in words
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synonyms:
choice of words, phraseology, phrasing, verbiage, wording
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types:
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mot juste
the appropriate word or expression
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verbalisation, verbalization
the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization
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type of:
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expression, formulation
the style of expressing yourself
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mot juste
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the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
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synonyms:
enunciation
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types:
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mumbling
indistinct enunciation
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articulation
the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
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mumbling
/ˈdɪkʃən/
/ˈdɪkʃən/
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Vocabulary lists containing diction
This biography chronicles the life of Sojourner Truth, a woman who was born a slave, and who became the embodiment of the universal ideals of abolition and equality.
Molly the katt and Oscar the dogg belong to different families who hiss and growl at each other, but when they both get lost in the woods, they must stick together to get back to their camps safely.
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