Thesaurus: polemic

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1. a. Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
2. a. Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer.
3. n. One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
4. n. A polemic argument or controversy.
5. adj. of or involving dispute or controversy
6. n. a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
7. n. a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
8. 1. Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology. 2. Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer. South. 1. One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant. The sarcasms and invectives of the young polemic. Macaulay. 2. A polemic argument or controversy.
9. n:100 n. a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma) s. of or involving dispute or controversy