speechmaking

English

Etymology

speech +‎ making

Noun

speechmaking (usually uncountable, plural speechmakings)

1. The delivery of speeches
   • 2009 January 11, Mark Leibovich, “Looking for Peace, Love and Manners in Washington”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Conciliatory gestures and speechmaking have abounded from both sides in recent weeks.

Synonyms

• oratory
• rhetoric
• speechifying