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Definition of Diatribe
1. Noun. Thunderous verbal attack.
Definition of Diatribe
1. n. A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic.
Definition of Diatribe
1. Noun. An abusive, bitter denunciation. ¹
2. Noun. A prolonged discourse. ¹
3. Noun. A speech or writing which bitterly denounces something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diatribe
1. a bitter and abusive criticism [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diatribe
Literary usage of Diatribe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1872)
"Secondly, by the omission or very material modification, in future editions, of
the not very dignified and, as it seems to us, unnecessary diatribe against ..."
2. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle of St. James by James Hardy Ropes (1916)
"diatribe with which the book belongs. Furthermore, parallels in phrases and
vocabulary are abundant from Philo, the author of 4 Maccabees, Clement of Rome, ..."
3. The World's Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia of the Classic Wit and Humor of by Lionel Strachey (1912)
"Francesco Redi diatribe Against Water HE who drinks water, I wish to observe,
Gets nothing from me; He may eat it and starve. Whether it's well, or whether ..."
4. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"the part of a Greek chorus, and into whose mouth are put the author's own
sentiments, in a violent diatribe against modern Russia, declares that ' if a ..."
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