Synonyms for polemical
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : puh-lem-ik, poh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : pəˈlɛm ɪk, poʊ- |
Top 10 synonyms for polemical
Définition of polemical
Origin :- 1630s, "controversial argument or discussion," from French polémique (16c./17c.), noun use of adjective meaning "disputatious, controversial" (see polemic (adj.)).
- adj argumentative
- But the primary purpose of this novel is artistic, not polemical.
- Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston
- He was learned, if polemical knowledge could entitle him to that praise.
- Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. » by David Hume
- All this is the personal, polemical, comic scope of the dialogue.
- Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume II (of 4) » by George Grote
- Even a polemical fame like that of a Philpotts must have had a beginning.
- Extract from : « Felix Holt, The Radical » by George Eliot
- It seems curious to me that the polemical trait is still so strong in you.
- Extract from : « Friedrich Nietzsche » by Georg Brandes
- Books of science, politics, or polemical theology, were not at all what he required.
- Extract from : « The Collector » by Henry T. Tuckerman
- Viewed as polemical works, these essays, I am well aware, are very unskilful.
- Extract from : « The Apostles » by Ernest Renan
- Their principal literary defects are that they are too polemical, and too long.
- Extract from : « The Age of Dryden » by Richard Garnett
- It is not a philosophical treatise nor a polemical pamphlet.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 » by Various
- Of course the suffrage has long since passed the polemical stage.
- Extract from : « H. R. » by Edwin Lefevre
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