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Philippic logo #10101) Broadside 2) Declamation 3) Denouncement 4) Denunciation 5) Tirade 6) Type of Speech 7) Work by Demosthenes
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Philippic

Philippic logo #10101) Harangue 2) Rant 3) Tirade
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Philippic

Philippic logo #21000 A philippic is a fiery, damning speech, or tirade, delivered to condemn a particular political actor. ==Origin of the term== The term originated with Demosthenes, Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens who delivered several attacks on Philip II of Macedon in the 4th century BC. ==Rome== Cicero consciously modeled his own condemnations of Mar...
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philippic logo #22641speech or writing full of bitter condemnation
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Philippic

Philippic logo #21002• (n.) Hence: Any discourse or declamation abounding in acrimonious invective. • (n.) Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon.
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Philippic

Philippic logo #20972Phi·lip'pic noun [ Latin Philippicus belonging to Philip, Philippic, Greek ..., from ... Philip, ... fond of horses: confer French philippique .] 1. Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon. 2. Hence: ...
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