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Meanings of polemic in English

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polemista

A person who is often engaged in polemics.

polemista

Relating to a polemic or causing a polemic.

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Examples for "polemicist"
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Memoir: Amos Oz, the Israeli novelist and polemicist, has written a memoir.
The Irish Times
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Yet even here, the polemicist is in danger of eclipsing the memoirist.
The Guardian
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Michael Moore, the veteran polemicist, put it well in a recent blog.
The Irish Times
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Has the sneering polemicist of American cable television decided to be less argumentative?
The Guardian
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And of course it determines that Mr Myers himself is not an Irish polemicist.
The Irish Times
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He was Jesuit and atheist as it suited the turn of any vituperative polemist.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
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For many years he proved his ability as editor, business man, and keen polemist.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...

A strong verbal or written attack; the practice of engaging in controversial debate.

Usage of polemic in English
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Falsafah was not entirely dead as a result of al-Ghazzali's polemic, however.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
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At one level this is amusing polemic and is perhaps best ignored.
The Irish Times
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This was not a reactionary polemic against collectivism or the welfare state.
The Guardian
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There is, accordingly, no proper polemic in the sphere of pure reason.
The Critique of Pure Reason
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There was Gary Mitchell, thinking all that polemic was in the past.
The Irish Times
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Hollande's team refuse to be drawn into a polemic over the issue.
The Guardian
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Wisdom literature acquired a polemic edge in Alexandria in about 50 BCE.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
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Today, the power, incisiveness and passion of Engels's polemic remain undiminished.
The Guardian
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Today is not the day for polemic or a heavy duty medical topics.
The Irish Times
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I was, however, disappointed at the polemic rather than academic approach.
The Irish Times
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On the contrary, the line forms part of a poetic polemic against atheism.
The Irish Times
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It is the most effective polemic on the subject, I have yet seen.
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved in 50 Arguments
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He saw clearly; for his aim was not polemic, but artistic.
Mark Twain
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Al-Ghazzali devoted a considerable part of his polemic against al-Farabi and Ibn Sina.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
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Is it not only facts that are sacred and not polemic?
The Guardian
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It read like a socialist polemic, but I saw something different.
Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software
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