polemic
A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to…A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
» He didn't engage in petty polemics.
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3 sensesA person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
An argument or controversy.
a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.
Polemik
поле́микаpolémika
поле́мікаpolémika
Examples
5 sentencesHe didn't engage in petty polemics.
I find that this discussion takes place with too much polemic and not enough respect.
My father's little library consisted chiefly of books on polemic divinity, most of which I read.
This polemic is futile!
To seek to disturb this state of innocence and obedience by moody polemics, he felt, instinctively, to be wrong.
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Origin
From French polémique, from Ancient Greek πολεμικός (polemikós, “of war”), from πόλεμος (pFrom French polémique, from Ancient Greek πολεμικός (polemikós, “of war”), from πόλεμος (pólemos, “war”). By surface analysis, polem- + -ic.
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Forms
plural: polemicsSynonyms
9 synonyms- a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology):polemicistpolemist