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Meaning of diatriba



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diatriba
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It is a repetitive recriminating and violent speech. In its Greek origins it had a wider use since it included useful nonsense talk and rant, to waste time. Its etymology comes from 948; 953; 945; ( day "between, through" ) 964; 961; 953; 946; 969; ( triboo "rub, wear" ) . [Note: Virginia's confusion surely comes from some mistranslation associated with Latin trivialis that had a double meaning of "crossroads" and "irrelevant talk" that later related to multiple choice. See trivia, trivial.

  



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

It means critique, attack, insult, speech, rant, refrain. "Diatribe of love against a man sitting" is a work of Gabriel García Márquez.

  

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Josefina Lais

pejorative

  

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Virginia

Until now it was understood that a diatribe was a crossroads between two decisions that forced the subject to decide on one of them. Ultimately the convergence of two solutions alternatives to the same problem. So I asked more people and they also had this concept, where has been able to come?

  










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