[puh-lem-ik, poh-] 
| 1. | a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc. |
| 2. | a person who argues in opposition to another; controversialist. |
| 3. | Also, po⋅lem⋅i⋅cal. of or pertaining to a polemic; controversial. |
| po·lem·ic (pə-lěm'ĭk) n.
Of or relating to a controversy, argument, or refutation. [French polémique, from Greek polemikos, hostile, from polemos, war.] po·lem'i·cal·ly adv. |
"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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