diction

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Pronunciation

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Variants

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diction , dictional , dictionally , dictions

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1. The word 'diction' comes from the Latin word 'dictio', which means 'saying' or 'statement'.

2. The term 'diction' is often used in literature and rhetoric to refer to the style or manner of expression used by a writer or speaker.

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Quotes

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1. He has wisely chosen to render almost all the material in what novelists and writers of creative nonfiction like to call "close third person," approximating the "diction" and consciousness of his characters but retaining the freedom to wander into the bigger picture.

   - Thomas Mallon,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},22 Feb. 2009

2. No one is better than Didion at using flatness of affect and formality of "diction" to convey seething anger and disdain.

   - {it}New Yorker{/it},8 Oct. 2001

3. When he sang Anatol in the world premiere of Samuel Barber's {it}Vanessa{/it}, in 1958, Gedda's performance received high marks for impeccable "diction" and enunciation—in that mostly American cast, he was the only principal whose English could be understood.

   - Patrick J. Smith,{it}Opera News{/it},November 1999

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