panegyric
Lofty tribute speech
A panegyric is a speech or written text of elaborate praise, typically for a person or institution.
The word carries a formal, ceremonial tone—panegyrics were delivered at public gatherings in ancient Greece and Rome.
Today it often implies excessive or uncritical praise: The biography read more like a panegyric than an honest assessment.
As an adjective, panegyric means lavishly praising.
Formal speech of tribute
- laudationFormal expression of praise
- tributeOffering of respect
- homageExpression of deep respect
- commendationFormal expression of approval
accolade · extolment · glorification · exaltation · applause · plaudit · salute · kudos
Formal public speech
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- declamationForceful, theatrical speaking
- grandiloquencePompous, extravagant language
bombast · hyperbole · effusiveness · floridness · speechmaking · discourse · proclamation · peroration
Service honoring the dead
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
inauguration · retirement · anniversary · graduation · coronation · canonization · victory · ceremony
Extravagant, servile praise
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- sycophancyObsequious behavior toward authority
- obsequiousnessServile eagerness to please
- ingratiationDeliberate favor-seeking behavior
hero-worship · lionization · idolization · deification · worship · gushing · unctuousness · blandishment
encomium
Formal speech of tribute
commendation · accolade · extolment · glorification · exaltation · applause · plaudit · salute · kudos · ovation
oration
Formal public speech
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- declamationForceful, theatrical speaking
grandiloquence · bombast · hyperbole · effusiveness · floridness · speechmaking · discourse · proclamation · peroration · magniloquence
funeral
Service honoring the dead
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
investiture · inauguration · retirement · anniversary · graduation · coronation · canonization · victory · ceremony · festschrift
adulation
Extravagant, servile praise
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- sycophancyObsequious behavior toward authority
- obsequiousnessServile eagerness to please
ingratiation · hero-worship · lionization · idolization · deification · worship · gushing · unctuousness · blandishment · cajolery
- biographiesbiography, biographies, autobiography, autobiographies, memoir
- ceremonial speechescommencement address, inaugural address, farewell address, wedding toast, ceremonial speech
- oratorypublic speaking, speeches, oration, orations, addresses
- speechesspeech, addresses, historic speeches, lecture, soliloquy
- tributestribute, tribute album, homage, dedication, memorial
- rhetoricrhetoric, persuasion, oratory, argumentation, debate
panegyricphilippic
Bitter accusatory speech
denunciation · invective · diatribe · tirade · condemnation
panegyriccriticism
Judgment of faults
censure · reproof · condemnation · critique · disparagement