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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Polemic

/pəl-ĕm'-ĭk/ · Po·lem·ic · IPA /pəˈlɛmɪk/
01 a. Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; pole…
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
  2. 2.
    Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer.
02 n. One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a dis…
  1. 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. 2.
    A polemic argument or controversy.