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polemic::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | polemicist, polemist |
| Type of | author, writer |
polemic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | polemical |
polemic::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | arguing, argument, disceptation, disputation, tilt, contention, contestation, controversy |
| Derivation | polemicize, polemize, polemical, polemicise |
Examples of polemic
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In gathering these interviews, the British Library was not aiming for a polemic.
From the economist.com
As the polemic heats up, legislators are increasingly being drawn into the fray.
From the infowars.com
But Welsh tried very hard, he says, not to write a crude socio-economic polemic.
From the guardian.co.uk
Mo Zi's polemic prose was built on solid and effective methodological reasoning.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Even the few attempts at polemic fall flat, because they're founded on ignorance.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Onstage it seems to inspire polemic frenzy, puerile logic and sob-opera bathos.
From the time.com
His sometimes rambling polemic is unlikely to win many adherents on Capitol Hill.
From the economist.com
The performance earned her a fine for disorderly conduct and polemic reactions.
From the smh.com.au
I don't see any truths in your tirade, only unsubstantiate bluster and polemic.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Of or involving dispute or controversy
- Polemicist: a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
- A controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
- (polemically) controversially: involving controversy; "criticism too polemically stated"
- (polemics) the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors
- A polemic /pu0259u02C8lu025Bmu026Ak/ is a contentious argument that is intended to support a specific position via attacks on a contrary position. Polemics are mostly seen in arguments about controversial topics. The practice of such argumentation is called polemics. A person who often writes polemics, or who speaks polemically, is called a polemicist or a polemic...
- Polemic was a British "Magazine of Philosophy, Psychology, and Aesthetics" published between 1945 and 1947, which aimed to be a general or non-specialist intellectual periodical. Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain by Stefan CollininOxford University Press, 2006nISBN 0-19-929105-5, 9780199291052
- (polemics) The art or practice of making arguments or controversies; The refutation of errors in theological doctrine
- (Polemics) A systematic defense of a religious belief system from attacks from within the same religion. See Apologetics.
