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How to pronounce polemical in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms polemic
Derivation polemic

Examples of polemical

polemical
You can end up being didactic and polemical no matter what you're writing about.
From the theatlantic.com
Bellamy's motives as a lyricist aren't polemical but personal, even therapeutic.
From the guardian.co.uk
Polemical in nature, they bludgeon readers with heated rhetoric and repetition.
From the businessweek.com
The long scholarly pull did not suit his polemical talents and gregarious nature.
From the time.com
Would I continue to patronize a store if the owner's posts were unduly polemical?
From the psychcentral.com
He was the last of the old school of polemical writers and one of the greatest.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He is known for his provocative and sometimes polemical style of argumentation.
From the en.wikipedia.org
But behind the plot, there is hidden a robust sarcastic and polemical motivation.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If it's not laugh-out-loud funny, it's still pretty good polemical journalism.
From the theatlantic.com
More examples
  • Polemic: of or involving dispute or controversy
  • (polemic) polemicist: a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
  • (polemic) a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
  • (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 (magazine)) 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. ...
  • (polemics) The art or practice of making arguments or controversies; The refutation of errors in theological doctrine
  • (Polemic) A strong argument; comes from the Greek word for "war."
  • (polemic) (n.) an aggressive argument against a specific opinion (My brother launched into a polemic against my arguments that capitalism was an unjust economic system.)