Library / English Dictionary

POLEMIC

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("polemic" is a kind of...):

arguing; argument; contention; contestation; controversy; disceptation; disputation; tilt (a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement)

Derivation:

polemic; polemical (of or involving dispute or controversy)

polemicise; polemicize; polemize (engage in a controversy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)

Synonyms:

polemic; polemicist; polemist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("polemic" is a kind of...):

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Derivation:

polemic (of or involving dispute or controversy)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or involving dispute or controversy

Synonyms:

polemic; polemical

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

controversial (marked by or capable of arousing controversy)

Derivation:

polemic (a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma))

polemic (a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology))

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