keynote speech

/ˌkiˈnoʊt spitʃ/
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Other forms: keynote speeches

Definitions of keynote speech
  1. noun
    a speech setting forth the keynote
    synonyms: keynote address
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    type of:
    oratory
    addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
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