speechmaking

English

Etymology

From 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 The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

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

Synonyms

• oratory
• rhetoric
• speechifying