- (n.) A polemic argument or controversy.
- (a.) Engaged in or addicted to, polemics or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer.
- (n.) One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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