Philippic (Noun)
Meaning
A speech of violent denunciation.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The politician launched into a philippic against their opponent, attacking their character and policy proposals with equal ferocity.
- The comedian's philippic against the current state of politics had the audience in stitches, but also nodding in agreement.
- The professor's philippic against standardized testing was so scathing that it left the students reeling.
- After the scandal broke, the CEO's philippic against the whistleblower only served to further damage the company's reputation.
- In her philippic against sexism in the workplace, the activist called out several high-profile industry leaders by name.