Definition of "jeremiad" []

• A literary work or speech expressing a bitter lament or a righteous prophecy of doom. (noun)

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• "Keillor’s jeremiad is wrong on so many levels, and proceeds from a place of such monumental self-regard and fundamental misinformation, that a proper rebuttal would require an entire afternoon and a minimum of ten double-spaced pages."
• "The expectation of jeremiad is so deeply ingrained in Americans’ political consciousness that it might seem to be universal."
• "Who says calling up the local hub and filling up the whole fifteen-minute block of the operator's voicemail with a howling spoken word jeremiad about FRAUD and LIES doesn't get you anywhere?"