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Definisjon av philippic

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Noun
philippic - a speech of violent denunciation
tirade, broadside
denouncement, denunciation a public act of denouncing
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Substantiv
philippic - Any of the discourses of Demosthenes against II of Philip II of Macedon, defending the liberty of Athens.
philippic - Any tirade or declamation full of bitter condemnation.

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  • A philippic is a fiery, damning speech, or tirade, delivered to condemn a particular political actor. The term originates with Demosthenes, who delivered several attacks on Philip II of Macedon in the 4th century BC. Cicero consciously modeled his own attacks on Mark Antony, in 44 BC and 43 BC, on Demosthenes's speeches, and if the correspondence between M.

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