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Meanings of jeremiad in inglés

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иеремиада
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jeremiada

Long literary work, usually prose, bitterly lamenting the state of society and its morals in sustained invective, prophesying society’s imminent downfall.

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Usage of jeremiad in inglés
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Attacks on corporate power and Reaganomics round out his jeremiad from the left.
The economist
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Absorbing Keen's jeremiad is like listening to Louis XVI decrying the French Revolution.
Reuters
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Indian-American author Suketu Mehta demolishes such xenophobia in this passionate jeremiad.
The Irish Times
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Lincoln's second inaugural resembled a Puritan jeremiad as he combined both criticism and reaffirmation.
A. lincoln: a biography
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She ascended to a jeremiad of the cardinal laws of housekeeping, palm still suspicious.
Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
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This jeremiad was repeated by Mother and chorused by the rest till Laura grew incensed.
The Getting of Wisdom
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The timing of this jeremiad was, in retrospect, hilarious.
The Rational Optimist
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It was this jeremiad about "decadence" that Lovecraft took, above all, from Spengler.
At the mountains of madness
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As in a jeremiad, Lincoln prosecuted his case not in generalities but with concrete, visual representations.
A. lincoln: a biography
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Still other insects, unseen but none the less busy, added to the burden of his jeremiad.
From Place to Place
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Takei made the announcement while replying to another Facebook user who wrote a jeremiad against the filtering.
Wired
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The complaints increased in number and intensity and Members of Parliament and newspaper writers joined in the jeremiad.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland
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The intensity of the eyes and the defiant tone bewildered the doctor, who found his well-constructed jeremiad without a platform.
The Ragged Edge
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In Getting Square in a Jerking Circle, the Sydney writer Luke Carman delivers an extended jeremiad against the Melbourne literary scene.
The Guardian
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The writer had nothing new to say, and, like most other such attacks, his jeremiad was in an hour or two forgotten.
The Loom of Youth
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It is vital that this report is heard as a cogent call to action, and not as a jeremiad about impending climate apocalypse.
The Irish Times
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jeremiada
Jeremiad through the time