Definition:
- (a.) Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
- (a.) Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer.
- (n.) One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
- (n.) A polemic argument or controversy.
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polemic vs. vociferous
inveigh vs. polemic
contentious vs. polemic
polemic vs. strifeful
debate vs. polemic
polemic vs. totemic
assail vs. polemic
polemic vs. vilify
denigrate vs. polemic
polemic vs. polemicist
polemic vs. polemical
polemic vs. tirade
polemic vs. rant
controversy vs. polemic
argument vs. polemic
disputant vs. polemic
controversialist vs. polemic
polemic vs. polemics
doctrine vs. polemic
diatribe vs. polemic
harangue vs. polemic
polemic vs. screed