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Polemic

Polemic Meaning & Definition
Polemic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Polemic?

[n] a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
[adj] of or involving dispute or controversy

Synonyms | Synonyms for Polemic: controversial | polemical

Related Terms | Find terms related to Polemic: altercation | apologetics | apologia | apologist | apology | arguer | argufier | argument | argumentation | bicker | bickering | blood feud | brawl | broil | casuist | casuistry | cat-and-dog life | combat | conflict | contention | contentiousness | contest | contestation | controversialist | controversy | cut and thrust | debate | debater | defense | disceptator | disputant | disputation | dispute | donnybrook | donnybrook fair | embroilment | enmity | feud | fight | fighting | fliting | flyting | fracas | fuss | guardhouse lawyer | hassle | hostility | hubbub | imbroglio | Kilkenny cats | litigation | logomacher | logomachist | logomachy | mooter | open quarrel | paper war | passage of arms | Philadelphia lawyer | pilpulist | polemicist | polemics | polemist | quarrel | quarreling | quarrelsomeness | rhubarb | scrapping | set-to | sharp words | slanging match | snarl | spat | squabble | squabbling | strife | struggle | tiff | tussle | vendetta | verbal engagement | war | war of words | warfare | words | wrangle | wrangler | wrangling

See Also | arguing | argument | contention | contestation | controversy | disputation | tilt

Polemic In Webster's Dictionary

\Po*lem"ic\, a. [Gr. ? warlike, fr.? war: cf. F. pol['e]mique.] 1. Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology. 2. Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer. --South.
\Po*lem"ic\, n. 1. One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant. The sarcasms and invectives of the young polemic. --Macaulay. 2. A polemic argument or controversy.

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