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polemic
[puh-lem-ik, poh-]
noun
a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
a person who argues in opposition to another; controversialist.
adjective
Also polemical. of or relating to a polemic; controversial.
polemic
/ pəˈlɛmɪsɪst, pəˈlɛmɪk, ˈpɒlɪmɪst /
adjective
of or involving dispute or controversy
noun
an argument or controversy, esp over a doctrine, belief, etc
a person engaged in such an argument or controversy
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- polemically adverb
- nonpolemic noun
- nonpolemical adjective
- nonpolemically adverb
- overpolemical adjective
- overpolemically adverb
- unpolemic adjective
- unpolemical adjective
- unpolemically adverb
- polemicist noun
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of polemic1
Example Sentences
Apart from fierce polemics, the election has generated widespread confusion.
While generating political polemics, Sunday’s vote has not triggered the raucous street rallies that generally accompany Mexican balloting.
Rather than slide into polemic or tragic melodrama, Nguyen leans into the tension between the four half-siblings to unpack the complicated roles that surveillance, big tech and journalism play in our fractured modern state.
But this is a work of history, not a polemic.
It linked to a short film: a 20-minute polemic against the emptiness of modern life, a lament for a vanished world of hierarchies and heroism.
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