polemic

• polemick (obsolete)

From French polémique, from Ancient Greek πολεμικός (polemikós, “of war”), from πόλεμος (pólemos, “war”)

• IPA^(key): /pəˈlɛmɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmɪk

polemic (plural polemics)

1. A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
2. An argument or controversy.
3. A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.

• (person): controversialist, disputant, polemicist
• (strong verbal or written attack): harangue, screed, rant, tirade, philippic

• polemical
• polemically
• polemicist

polemic (comparative more polemic, superlative most polemic)

1. Having the characteristics of a polemic.

• polemical

• polemic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• polemic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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