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Old Chinese Criteria
It will be interesting to look for evidence in China for the history of the form of the literary insult or pasquinade. Compare the German tradition Pasquill. See the singularly inspiring survey in the historical dictionary of rhetoric by Ueding which concentrates on Italian and German traditions of literary invective.
Hypernym
- SCOLD BLAME someone ADDRESSING him/her USING
VIOLENT WORDS. (anc: 15/0, child: 1)
- BLAME CRITICISE someone as GUILTY of a
WICKED:reprehensible MISTAKE OR a CRIME. (anc: 14/0, child: 2)
- CRITICISE SPEAK AND NAME SOMETHING BAD and
AVOIDABLE. (anc: 13/0, child: 6)
Other Hypernyms
- CRITICISE SPEAK AND NAME SOMETHING BAD and
AVOIDABLE. (anc: 13/0, child: 6)
- SPEAK ACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING
MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards
audience Y, in order to communicate message
Z. (anc: 12/0, child: 32)
- ACT MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own
DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)