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polemic


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Polemic  \Po*lem"ic\,  a.  [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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Polemic  \Po*lem"ic\,  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. 
 
  The  sarcasms  and  invectives  of  the  young  polemic. 
  --Macaulay. 
 
  2.  A  polemic  argument  or  controversy. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  polemic 
  adj  :  of  or  involving  dispute  or  controversy  [syn:  {polemical}] 
  n  :  a  controversy  (especially  over  a  belief  or  dogma) 




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