polemic – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
polemic
n.
argument; dispute; controversy; one who tends to argue or dispute
adj.
argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome, disputatious
Polemic
A
polemic is a contentious
argument that is intended to support a specific position via attacks on a contrary position. Polemics are mostly seen in arguments about controversial topics. The practice of such argumentation is called
polemics. A person who often writes polemics, or who speaks polemically, is called a
polemicist or a
polemic. The word is derived , .
polemic
Noun
1. a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
(synonym) polemicist, polemist
(hypernym) writer, author
2. a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
(hypernym) controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing
(derivation) polemize, polemise, polemicize, polemicise
Adjective
1. of or involving dispute or controversy
(synonym) polemical
(similar) controversial
Polemic
(n.)
One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
(n.)
A polemic argument or controversy.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
(a.)
Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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