Meaning

1 senses

  1. To engage in argument.

    engage in a controversy

Origin

From polemic + -ize. By surface analysis, polem- + -ic + -ize.

From polemic + -ize. By surface analysis, polem- + -ic + -ize.

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Forms

polemicizes, polemicizing, polemicized, polemicized
Base formpolemicize · to polemicize
3rd person singularpolemicizes
Present participlepolemicizing
Past simplepolemicized
Past participlepolemicized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypolemicize
he, she, itpolemicizes

Past simpleLesson

all personspolemicized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave polemicized
he, she, ithas polemicized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill polemicize

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpolemic

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
poleB1polemicpolentapoliceA2policemanA2
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