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PRONUNCIATION OF PHILIPPICS

Philippics  [fɪˈlɪpɪks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHILIPPICS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Philippics 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 PHILIPPICS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Philippic

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

Definition of Philippics in the English dictionary

The definition of Philippics in the dictionary is Demosthenes' orations against Philip of Macedon. Other definition of Philippics is Cicero's orations against Antony.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHILIPPICS


comics
ˈkɒmɪks
electronics
ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪks
fix
fɪks
forensics
fəˈrɛnsɪks
graphics
ˈɡræfɪks
gyroscopics
ˌdʒaɪərəsˈkɒpɪks
lyrics
ˈlɪrɪks
mathematics
ˌmæθəˈmætɪks
matrix
ˈmeɪtrɪks
mix
mɪks
Olympics
əˈlɪmpɪks
Paralympics
ˌpærəˈlɪmpɪks
phoenix
ˈfiːnɪks
pix
pɪks
politics
ˈpɒlɪtɪks
pyx
pɪks
remix
riːˈmɪks
semitropics
ˌsɛmɪˈtrɒpɪks
subtropics
sʌbˈtrɒpɪks
tropics
ˈtrɒpɪks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHILIPPICS

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
philippic
philippina
Philippine
Philippine mahogany
Philippine Sea
Philippines
Philippopolis

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHILIPPICS

aquatics
athletics
basics
classics
consumer electronics
cosmetics
demographics
dynamics
economics
ethics
logistics
mechanics
Parallel Olympics
physics
specifics
statistics
the Paralympics
the tropics
wheelchair Olympics
Winter Olympics

Synonyms and antonyms of Philippics in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PHILIPPICS»

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

Translation of «Philippics» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHILIPPICS

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

Translator English - Chinese

Philippics
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Filípicas
570 millions of speakers

English

Philippics
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Philippics
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Philippics
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Филиппики
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Philippics
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Philippics
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Philippics
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Philippics
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Philippics
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Philippics
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Philippics
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Philipps
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Philippics
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Philippics
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फिलिपीक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Philippics
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

filippiche
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

filipiki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

філіппіки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Philippics
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Φιλιππικοί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Philippics
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Philippics
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Philippics
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Philippics

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHILIPPICS»

The term «Philippics» is normally little used and occupies the 140.254 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHILIPPICS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Philippics» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Philippics» 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 Philippics

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHILIPPICS»

Discover the use of Philippics in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Philippics and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cicero, Philippics 3-9
The two-volume edition provides the first comprehensive scholarly commentary on seven central orations from the corpus of Cicero s Philippics.
Gesine Manuwald, 2007
2
Cicero's Philippics and Their Demosthenic Model: The ...
Cicero's Philippics and Their Demosthenic Model: The Rhetoric of Crisis
Cecil W. Wooten, 1983
3
Cicero: Philippics I-II
Edition for students of these two masterpieces of Latin literature discussing literary and historical issues.
Marcus Tullius Cicero, John T. Ramsey, 2003
4
Cicero's Philippics: history, rhetoric and ideology
This volume of essays reconsider their historical impact and later significance in Roman culture.
Thomas Reginald Stevenson, Marcus Wilson, University of Auckland. Dept. of Classics and Ancient History, 2008
5
A Commentary on Demosthenes' Philippic I : With Rhetorical ...
With Rhetorical Analyses of Philippics II and III Cecil Wooten Professor of Classics University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Commentary. 1 I. Proemium: D explains why he has risen to speak before the older orators and asks for the ...
Cecil Wooten Professor of Classics University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008
6
Orationes. Philippicae
By contrast, the actual Philippics consistently present Cicero's policy in relation to important events, and they picture Cicero as being incessantly active for the public welfare in his pursuit of the "right" goal. They cover the important stages in the ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero, David Roy Shackleton Bailey, John T. Ramsey, 2009
7
The Fourteen Orations (Philippics) of Cicero against Marcus ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero. orders that when Caius Pansa and Aulus Hirtius, the consuls elect, have entered on their office, they take the earliest opportunity of consulting this body on these matters, as shall seem to them expedient for the republic, ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero, 2010
8
Demosthenes. Philippics and Olynthiacs; with the orations on ...
PHILIPPICS AND OLYNTHIACS. PHILIPPIC I. OLYMP 107-1, no 352. l. ATHENIANS, had the consideration of any new question been proposed; waiting, until the majority of the usual speakers had declared their sentiments, I should, in case ...
‎1853
9
The I. II. III. Philippics of Demosthenes. With Historical ...
obtained froni almost any of the larger histories of Greece. 1* shall limit myself to a brief notice of the prince against whom the Philippics were spoken, and of the leading events connected with the two wars which called them forth. Philip was ...
‎1859
10
Cicero: Philippics
Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106–43 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero, 1954

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHILIPPICS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Philippics is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Russia: Tit for Tat
Theatre directors insert anti-Putin philippics into monologues of classic plays replete with attacks on the Church. Cinema stresses poverty and ... «Intifada Palestine, Jun 15»
2
Review: 'After the Tall Timber,' Renata Adler's Collected Nonfiction
What was less welcome in Ms. Adler's Kael piece, as in so many of her later philippics, is her easy slide into bombast and overkill. She called ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
3
The Mysterious Murder of a Pakistani Professor
He uploaded late-night philippics in immaculate English demanding action from the police, from the security services, from the university ... «Newsweek, Apr 15»
4
Europe faces choice of isolation or unification as history moves on
When Demosthenes wrote his Philippics repudiating Phillip and asking for Athenian resolute action against Macedonia, Isocrates ardently ... «Global Times, Apr 15»
5
No 'philippics,' just a regional spelling win for St. Bridget's Katrina La …
Katrina La Madrid turned her third place finish in last year's Boone-Winnebago Spelling Bee into a first place finish this year with the word ... «Rockford Register Star, Mar 15»
6
A 'New Man' in Rome
In Cicero's orations against Antony, the Philippics, he summoned all of his wit, passion, and patriotic fervor to persuade Romans that Antony ... «Washington Free Beacon, Mar 15»
7
'Tom Wolfe's Rooftop Yawp': George F. Will's 1998 Review of 'A Man …
... which are political pamphlets in the form of her heroes' philippics. Wolfe, who can write rings around Rand, provides a crackling, multilayered ... «Newsweek, Mar 15»
8
The Russia that was killed with Boris Nemtsov — Leonid Bershidsky
MARCH 1 — For years, Moscow insiders have reacted to former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov's philippics against President Vladimir ... «Malay Mail Online, Feb 15»
9
Cycling enjoys Terrific Thursday as 2015 season finally hots up
And what a brilliant, Shakespearean monologue it was - right up there with any of Cicero's fiery Philippics. But still Armstrong lingered like ... «Yahoo Eurosport UK, Feb 15»
10
ISIL Reminds Us Who Joins Terrorist Organizations and Why
... hostages contrite and on their knees, followed by the venting of wrongs through long-winded philippics against the West and nonbelievers. «Huffington Post, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Philippics [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/philippics>. May 2024 ».
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