POLEMIC
\pɒlˈɛmɪk], \pɒlˈɛmɪk], \p_ɒ_l_ˈɛ_m_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of POLEMIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
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a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
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One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
By Oddity Software
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Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
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One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
By Noah Webster.
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A paper written to support or dispute an opinion or argument; one who writes to support an opinion against another.
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Supporting or disputing an opinion or argument.
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Polemical.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Pertaining to controversy; disputatious. Polemical.
By James Champlin Fernald
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