Definition of Extemporization

1. Noun. A performance given extempore without planning or preparation.

Exact synonyms: Extemporisation, Improvisation
Generic synonyms: Performance
Derivative terms: Extemporise, Extemporize, Improvise

Definition of Extemporization

1. n. The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.

Definition of Extemporization

1. Noun. The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Extemporization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Extemporization

extemporaneity
extemporaneous
extemporaneous mixture
extemporaneously
extemporaneousness
extemporarily
extemporary
extempore
extempores
extemporisation
extemporisations
extemporise
extemporised
extemporises
extemporising
extemporization
extemporizations
extemporize
extemporized
extemporizer
extemporizers
extemporizes
extemporizing
extend
extend oneself
extend to
extendabilities
extendability
extendable
extendant

Literary usage of Extemporization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Art of Debate by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1900)
"... the idea of extemporization? -In a sense, " on' of course, it may be so regarded; but the point is that the study of the written argument should never ..."

2. The Preacher and the King; Or, Bourdaloue in the Court of Louis XIV: Being by [Félix] Bungener (1854)
"... XL INFLUENCE Or TEE FRIV ATE CHARACTER OF THE PREACHER UPON HIS HEARER* MEMORIZING.—Extemporization. " How do you like him f' inquired the Abbe de ..."

3. International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin and American Process by Frederick J Harrison, W I Scandlin (1901)
"Extemporization in this line should be encouraged not alone because of pecuniary saving, but because it develops an originality which in an emergency may ..."

4. The Preacher's Lantern (1873)
"Herein is recognized the great obstacle to pulpit extemporization, ... It is with extemporization," says some one, " as with the art of swimming; ..."

5. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1917)
"If drawn from Suetonius, as is most likely, it goes back to a much earlier source. Probably the story of Lucilius' groat facility in extemporization (in ..."

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