Philippics

/ fɪˈlɪpɪks /

plural noun

1. Demosthenes' orations against Philip of Macedon
2. Cicero's orations against Antony

Example Sentences

This was clearly true on Jan. 6 in the United States, where every major institution was against the Trumpists, leading to populist philippics against not only the news media and the courts but also the FBI and the military.

From Seattle Times

There were two, visual philippics: Trump refusing to shake the hand of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. -- and the speaker later shredding Trump’s remarks like they were junk mail.

From Fox News

As relations with Mark Antony broke down, Cicero moved to open condemnation, delivering no fewer than fourteen Philippics* denouncing Antony.

From Literature

The newspaper accounts weren’t just full of mean philippics that hurt people’s feelings.

From Slate

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.

From New York Times