j'accuse

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English

Etymology

Borrowing from French J’Accuse ("I accuse"), the title of an 1898 open letter from writer Emile Zola to the president of France during the Dreyfus Affair.

Pronunciation

Noun

j'accuse (plural j'accuses)

  1. An accusation, especially one made publicly.
    Synonyms: indictment, tirade; see also Thesaurus:diatribe
    • 2009, Jack Balkin, The Guardian (online), 17 Mar 2009:
      It was a rare combination of circumstances that led Cramer to agree to sit still and listen to Stewart engage in his j'accuse.
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 369:
      Buried within Dudley's petition, then, was a veiled ‘j'accuse’.
    • 2020 June 3, Jeffrey Goldberg, “James Mattis Denounces President Trump”, in The Atlantic:
      In his j’accuse, Mattis excoriates the president for setting Americans against one another.

Usage notes

As it is a loanword and not naturalized in English, j'accuse is typically italicized in print.

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