Associations to the word «Diction»
Noun
- Ary
- Contra
- Elegance
- Wordsworth
- Idiom
- Richness
- Coleridge
- Imagery
- Purity
- Clarity
- Peculiarity
- Simplicity
- Vocabulary
- Prose
- Syntax
- Propriety
- Eloquence
- Bene
- Splendour
- Chaucer
- Metaphor
- Felicity
- Pronunciation
- Sentiment
- Accent
- Keats
- Poetry
- Originality
- Pre
- Rhetoric
- Allusion
- Pomp
- Pathos
- Acting
- Cadence
- Verse
- Magnificence
- Dryden
- Fable
- Ode
- Elegy
- Rhythm
- Refinement
- Grammar
- Poem
- Rhyme
- Dictionary
- Articulation
- Addiction
- Orthography
- Oration
- Sensibility
- Prediction
- Delicacy
- Sincerity
- Obscurity
- Phrase
- Dialect
- Utterance
- Jurisdiction
- Epistle
- Poet
- Sonnet
- Quotation
- Stanza
- Orator
- Tennyson
- Aristotle
- Lexicon
- Mastery
- Style
Adjective
Wiktionary
DICTION, noun. The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice, and presentation of said words.
Dictionary definition
DICTION, noun. The articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience.
DICTION, noun. The manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.