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stump speech
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stump speechnoun
political oratory
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stump speech
A stump speech is a standard speech used by a politician during a campaign. Usually, the speech is carefully prepared and covers the key messages, policies, and beliefs of the candidate. The term comes from the early days of campaigning when politicians would often deliver speeches standing on a tree stump to be visible above a crowd. This speech is repeatedly delivered at different campaign stops.
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Stump speech
A political stump speech is a standard speech used by a politician running for office.
Etymology and Origins
Stump Speech
A term popularised in this country through the minstrel entertainment, being an extempore speech delivered to the Negroes of the southern states from the stump of a tree.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stump speech in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stump speech in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of stump speech in a Sentence
I think the governor has to find a way. My advice to him is ... keep your stump speech really short and let people ask questions.
We are exploring rolling a truck out that would enable someone to see a hologram of me that is three-dimensional give my stump speech, and, also, if I were in a studio, which we could set up very easily, I could beam in and take questions live.
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