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PRONUNCIATION OF PHILIPPIC

philippic  [fɪˈlɪpɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHILIPPIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Philippic is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHILIPPIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Philippic

A philippic is a fiery, damning speech, or tirade, delivered to condemn a particular political actor.

Definition of philippic in the English dictionary

The definition of philippic in the dictionary is a bitter or impassioned speech of denunciation; invective.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHILIPPIC


allotypic
ˌæləˈtɪpɪk
antitypic
ˌæntɪˈtɪpɪk
atypic
əˈtɪpɪk
ecotypic
ˌiːkəˈtɪpɪk
electrotypic
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈtɪpɪk
etypic
iːˈtɪpɪk
genotypic
ˌdʒɛnəʊˈtɪpɪk
heliotypic
ˌhiːlɪəʊˈtɪpɪk
hermatypic
ˌhɜːməˈtɪpɪk
heterotypic
ˌhɛtərəʊˈtɪpɪk
isotypic
ˌaɪsəʊˈtɪpɪk
karyotypic
ˌkærɪəˈtɪpɪk
monotypic
ˌmɒnəʊˈtɪpɪk
phenotypic
ˌfiːnəʊˈtɪpɪk
phonotypic
ˌfəʊnəˈtɪpɪk
phototypic
ˌfəʊtəʊˈtɪpɪk
polytypic
ˌpɒlɪˈtɪpɪk
prototypic
ˌprəʊtəˈtɪpɪk
stereotypic
ˌsterɪə ˈtɪpɪk
typic
ˈtɪpɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHILIPPIC

philibeg
Philip
Philip I
Philip II
Philip IV
Philip the Bold
Philip the Evangelist
Philip the Good
Philip the Magnanimous
Philip the Tetrarch
Philip V
Philip VI
Philippe
Philippeville
Philippi
Philippian
Philippians
Philippics
philippina

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHILIPPIC

anisotropic
biopic
endoscopic
epic
hippic
isotropic
kaleidoscopic
laparoscopic
macroscopic
microscopic
off-topic
Olympic
Paralympic
philanthropic
pic
spectroscopic
spic
telescopic
topic
tropic

Synonyms and antonyms of philippic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PHILIPPIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «philippic» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of philippic

Translation of «philippic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHILIPPIC

Find out the translation of philippic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of philippic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «philippic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

philippic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

filípica
570 millions of speakers

English

philippic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अभियोगात्मक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

philippic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

филиппика
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

philippic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কুত্সাপূর্ণ বক্তৃতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

philippique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Philippic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Philippika
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

philippic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

philippic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Philippic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bài diển văn của demosthenes
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

philippic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फिलिपिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sert konuşma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

filippica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

filipika
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

філіппіка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

filipică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φιλιππικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

filippika
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

philippic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

philippic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of philippic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHILIPPIC»

The term «philippic» is normally little used and occupies the 124.243 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of philippic
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHILIPPIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «philippic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «philippic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about philippic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHILIPPIC»

Discover the use of philippic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to philippic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Commentary on Demosthenes' Philippic I : With Rhetorical ...
In addition to a full commentary on Philippic I , this volume includes essays that outline Philippics II and III, set them in their historical context, and emphasize the differences between these later speeches and the first.
Cecil Wooten Professor of Classics University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008
2
Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus: Books ...
Pompeius Trogus, a Romanized Gaul living in the age of Augustus, wrote a forty-four book universal history (The Philippic History) of the non-Roman Mediterranean world. This work was later abbreviated by M. Junianus Justinus.
Marcus Junianus Justinus, J. C. Yardley, 2012
3
A Commentary on Demosthenes' Philippic I: With Rhetorical ...
In addition to a full commentary on Philippic I , this volume includes essays that outline Philippics II and III, set them in their historical context, and emphasize the differences between these later speeches and the first.
Cecil Wooten, 2008
4
On the Peace, Second Philippic: On the Chersonesus, and the ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Demosthenes, 2010
5
Second Philippic Oration
The introduction to this edition deals with the historical setting, Roman rhetoric and Cicero's style while the notes are mainly literary; not historical.
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Walter Kirkpatrick Lacey, 1986
6
Cicero, Philippics 3-9
IV, but are not part of the transmitted Philippic Four or any other Philippic Oration. 56 Some critics therefore concluded that this quotation was the only preserved fragment of the 'original' Philippic Four, which had been lost and replaced by a ...
Gesine Manuwald, 2007
7
The First and Second Philippic Orations, Tr by J R King
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Marcus Tullius Cicero, 2010
8
Classics in Translation, Volume II: Latin Literature
AGAINST ANTONY (Philippic II) SERVIUS SULPICIUS RUFUS: IN MEMORIAM ( Philippic IX). The assassination of Julius Caesar in the lounge of the theater built for Rome under the direction of Pompey the Great was one of the most dramatic ...
Paul L. MacKendrick, Herbert M. Howe, 1986
9
Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus: Books ...
This work was later abbreviated by a certain M. Junianus Justinus, better known as Justin. This volume presents the first modern English translation and scholarly commentary on Books 11-12 of Justin's so-called 'Epitome' of the history.
Marcus Junianus Justinus, Waldemar Heckel, 1997
10
Orationes. Philippicae
Marcus Tullius Cicero David Roy Shackleton Bailey, John T. Ramsey, Gesine Manuwald. CONTENTS LIST OF CICERO'S WORKS vi ABBREVIATIONS ix PHILIPPIC 7 1 PHILIPPIC 8 29 PHILIPPIC 9 69 PHILIPPIC 10 93 PHILIPPIC 11 129 ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero, David Roy Shackleton Bailey, John T. Ramsey, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHILIPPIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term philippic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Submitting to moral blackmail
... who joined the ranks of communist partisans struggling against Bulgaria's Nazi-allied government; a Philippic against the contemporary political left for being ... «The Zimbabwe Daily, Jul 15»
2
The toxic worldview of Ta-Nehisi Coates
It is a masterly little memoir wrapped in a toxic little philippic. Coates evokes the terror of his upbringing in West Baltimore in the 1980s with a ... «Butler Eagle, Jul 15»
3
Op-ed: The toxic worldview of Ta-Nehisi Coates
It is a masterly little memoir wrapped in a toxic little philippic. Coates evokes the terror of his upbringing in West Baltimore in the 1980s with a ... «Kenai Peninsula Online, Jul 15»
4
Review of Kristen Ghodsee's Book
... socialist bloc as the “Amazon”), who joined the ranks of communist partisans struggling against Bulgaria's Nazi-allied government; a Philippic ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
5
Will this be the Grexit weekend?
... of the alternating past administrations that the present one shows little inclination to resist, as witnessed by the Philippic by Liberal leader and ... «Malta Independent Online, Jul 15»
6
The tragedy of Amos Yee – Keith Leong
Indeed, the crux of his philippic against Lee père et fil was their focus on the material – high GDP rates and flashy infrastructure – to the neglect ... «The Malaysian Insider, Jul 15»
7
My New Declaration of Independence
The original Declaration of Independence, declared 239 years ago, was a philippic against King George and his tyranny. I am no fan of King ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
Remembering Frank Kameny, the Moses of the LGBT Movement
... a philippic for complaining that gays were too visible in Hollywood films: “The Ku Klux Klan finds Negroes distasteful; the American Nazis find ... «Forward, Jul 15»
9
Letter: We cannot allow children in poorest working families to be …
Richard Mowbray's latest philippic (June 24th) lambasts the idea that redistribution of wealth by taxation is desirable. He avers that wealth is ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
10
When Messengers Shoot Each Other, It's the Message that Becomes …
In the melee of high-octave philippic and incendiary wars of words, the arena of dialogue is turning out to be a show of Media vs Media. «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
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