*Jeremiad* (n.) — a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a prolonged denunciation of the times, typically a bitter catalogue of woes joined to a prophecy of ruin. Named for the prophet Jeremiah, traditionally credited with the Book of Lamentations over the fall of Jerusalem. > [!note] Seedling — this definition is still being developed. Source: [[Evil in Modern Thought - Neiman|Evil in Modern Thought]] by Susan Neiman, p. 211.