philippize means to support or advocate the cause of Philip of Macedon; (more generally) to speak as someone who has been wrongly inspired or corrupted. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
philippize is pronounced /ˈfɪlɪpaɪz/.
Why “philippize” is a great word
PHILIPPIZE — [Verb] To deliver a speech of bitter, personal invective, or, historically, to act as a partisan for Philip II of Macedon. From Ancient Greek Φιλιππίζειν (Philippízein, "to side with Philip"), from Φίλιππος (Phílippos, "Philip", the name of Philip II of Macedon). Unlike "declaim," which suggests rhetorical flourish without specific malice, or "advocate," a neutral term for support, to philippize is to weaponize language for ad hominem assault or to champion a cause perceived as insidious and foreign. It is the acid tone of a senator painting his rival as a traitor, the pamphleteer’s ink mixing with venom, or the quiet, ruinous alignment with a distant, ascending power—a word born from ancient betrayal that names the perpetual corrosion of political speech.
verb
- To support or advocate the cause of Philip of Macedon; (more generally) to speak as someone who has been wrongly inspired or corrupted.“I know they set him up as a sort of oracle; because, with the best intentions in the world, he naturally philippizes, and chaunts his prophetic song in exact unison with their designs.”
- To write or speak in the style of a philippic; to rant.“I feel tempted, just here, to philippize the press. It needs castigation, but this will never prove effective, because a portion of the evil lies in the popular appetite.”