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po·lem·ic    Audio Help   [puh-lem-ik, poh-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
2.a person who argues in opposition to another; controversialist.
–adjective
3.Also, po·lem·i·cal. of or pertaining to a polemic; controversial.

[Origin: 1630–40; < Gk polemikós of or for war, equiv. to pólem(os) war + -ikos -ic]

po·lem·i·cal·ly, adverb
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po·lem·ic    Audio Help   (pə-lěm'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A controversial argument, especially one refuting or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine.
  2. A person engaged in or inclined to controversy, argument, or refutation.

adj.   also po·lem·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
Of or relating to a controversy, argument, or refutation.


[French polémique, from Greek polemikos, hostile, from polemos, war.]

po·lem'i·cal·ly adv.
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polemic 
1638, "controversial argument or discussion," from Gk. polemikos "warlike, belligerent," from polemos "war." Meaning "one who writes in opposition to another" is attested from 1680.
"The worst offense that can be committed by a polemic is to stigmatize those who hold a contrary opinion as bad and immoral men." [John Stuart Mill, 1806-73]
Polemicize is recorded from 1953.

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polemic

adjective
1. of or involving dispute or controversy 

noun
1. a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology) [syn: polemicist
2. a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma) 

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Polemic

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.
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Polemic

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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