Meaning of POLEMIC
| Pronunciation: | | pu'lemik
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- [n] a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
- [adj] of or involving dispute or controversy
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| | See Also: | | arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disputation, tilt | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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