Polemic
Definition of Polemic
Po`lem´ic | a. | 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. | | n. | 1. | One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant. | | 2. | A polemic argument or controversy. |
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