Associations to the word «Diction»

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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope