Synonyms for polemic

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : puh-lem-ik, poh-

Phonetic Transcription : pəˈlɛm ɪk, poʊ-

Top 10 synonyms for polemic

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Définition of polemic

Origin : 1630s, "controversial argument or discussion," from French polémique (16c./17c.), noun use of adjective meaning "disputatious, controversial" (see polemic (adj.)).

adj argumentative
noun argument

Example sentences :

It is in the dialogue form he often adopted for polemic writing.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

It is not so much in the polemic or in the scholar we are interested, as in the man.
Extract from : « Andrew Melville » by William Morison

But he possessed other accomplishments beside those of the polemic.
Extract from : « Western Characters » by J. L. McConnel

My agnosticism was bitter in those days, bitter and polemic.
Extract from : « A Tramp's Notebook » by Morley Roberts

That is to say, hypotheses are admissible in polemic, but not in the sphere of dogmatism.
Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant

I have not included letters that are wholly technical or polemic.
Extract from : « The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 » by William James

Nevertheless, his story of Brigham Youngs life is not a polemic.
Extract from : « On the Trail of The Immigrant » by Edward A. Steiner

It is, however, more of a polemic than an historical contribution.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 8, 1923 » by Various

He was abler in attack than in defense—like most polemic authors.
Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851 » by Various

He was the vivifying critic of his time, and his whole life was a polemic.
Extract from : « The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine » by Heinrich Heine

Antonyms for polemic

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