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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 prophesizes 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 concept of American exceptionalism.[1][2]

(tirade, orations)

Philippic

Luedicke, Marius K.; Thompson, Craig J.; Giesler, Markus (2010). (PDF). Journal of Consumer Research. 36 (6): 1016–32. doi:10.1086/644761. S2CID 144993089.

"Consumer Identity Work as Moral Protagonism: How Myth and Ideology Animate a Brand-Mediated Moral Conflict"

Murphy, Andrew R. (2008). Prodigal Nation: Moral Decline and Divine Punishment from New England to 9/11. New York: Oxford University Press.  978-0-19-532128-9.

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Forms of American Puritan Rhetoric: The Jeremiad