O que (quem) é jeremiad - definição

LONG LITERARY WORK, USUALLY PROSE, BITTERLY LAMENTING THE STATE OF SOCIETY AND ITS MORALS IN SUSTAINED INVECTIVE, PROPHESYING SOCIETY’S IMMINENT DOWNFALL

Jerimiad; Jeremiads

jeremiad

I. n.; (also jeremiad)

[Term of ridicule.] Tale of sorrow, lamentation, lament, doleful story.

II. n.

See jeremiad

Jeremiad

·noun ·Alt. of Jeremiade.

jeremiad

[?d??r?'m??ad]

¦ noun a long, mournful complaint or lamentation.

Origin

C18: from Fr. jeremiade, with ref. to the Lamentations of Jeremiah in the Old Testament.

Wikipédia

Jeremiad

A jeremiad is a long literary work, usually in prose, but sometimes in verse, in which the author bitterly laments the state of society and its morals in a serious tone of sustained invective, and always contains a prophecy of society's imminent downfall.

Generally, the term jeremiad is applied to moralistic texts that denounce a society for its wickedness, and prophesy its downfall. Over time, the impact of the term has faded and has become a general expression for lament. It is often perceived with derogatory overtones.

The jeremiad has a unique presence in American culture and in the history of the United States, having roots in Colonial-era settlers in New England. In American culture, jeremiads are closely associated with historical American Puritans and the controversial concept of American exceptionalism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiad

Exemplos de pronúncia para jeremiad

1. I began with a jeremiad against the National Audubon Society,

The End of the End of the Earth _ Jonathan Franzen _ Talks at Google

2. Why do a comic, fraudulent, jeremiad take down of every article, Amendment and the Preamble,

One Man's Quest to Rewrite the Constitution of the USA _ Kevin Bleyer _ Talks at Google

3. Are you actually suggesting through your comic jeremiad here that the Constitution should

One Man's Quest to Rewrite the Constitution of the USA _ Kevin Bleyer _ Talks at Google

Exemplos do corpo de texto para jeremiad

1. The latest jeremiad is in Prospect magazine, where Alison Wolf outlines the downsides of women‘s freedom.

2. James Nesbit, whose invocation was so passionate that his voice cracked and warbled as he delivered the jeremiad.

3. The faintest hint of a raised eyebrow conveyed Sir Peter‘s complete and admiring agreement with this jeremiad.

4. While journalists often take the video as a dark jeremiad, nonjournalists often embrace it as a positive view of the media future, he says.

5. Three decades ago Ehrlich wrote "The Population Bomb," a best–selling jeremiad in which he warned that the Earth‘s population was expanding much too fast.