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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Polemic \Po*lem"ic\, adjective [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Polemic \Po*lem"ic\, noun
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
polemic
adjective: of or involving dispute or controversy [syn: {polemical}]
noun
1: a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology) [syn: {polemicist}, {polemist}]
2: a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "polemic": Kilkenny cats, Philadelphia lawyer, altercation, apologetics, apologia, apologist, apology, arguer, argufier, argument, argumentation, bicker, bickering, blood feud, brawl, broil, casuist, casuistry, cat-and-dog life, combat, conflict, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation, controversialist, controversy, cut and thrust, debate, debater, defense, disceptator, disputant, disputation, dispute, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, embroilment, enmity, feud, fight, fighting, fliting, flyting, fracas, fuss, guardhouse lawyer, hassle, hostility, hubbub, imbroglio, litigation, logomacher, logomachist, logomachy, mooter, open quarrel, paper war, passage of arms, pilpulist, polemicist, polemics, polemist, quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsomeness, rhubarb, scrapping, set-to, sharp words, slanging match, snarl, spat, squabble, squabbling, strife, struggle, tiff, tussle, vendetta, verbal engagement, war, war of words, warfare, words, wrangle, wrangler, wrangling
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