单词 | polemicist |
释义 | polemicistn. An author of polemics; a controversialist. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > person engaged in disputer1434 wrangler1561 debater1594 controvertist1608 disputant1612 controverser1614 controverter1615 controversist1623 disputator1637 polemic1639 disceptator1656 controversialist1658 eristic1659 scaldabancoa1670 fencera1680 controversionalist?1780 digladiator1803 argufier1805 polemist1825 polemicist1864 polemician1871 picador1876 barrack-room lawyer1943 society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > branches of theology > [noun] > polemics > adherent of polemic1639 polemist1825 polemicist1864 1864 Harper's Mag. Oct. 635/2 It was not often that church affairs were brought into the conversation, for both gentlemen were stout polemicists. 1884 A. M. Fairbairn in Brit. Q. Rev. Apr. 384 The Church has had..able ecclesiastics, effective polemicists and apologists. 1954 D. Thomas Quite Early One Morning 64 Exhibitionists, polemicists, historic publicists. 1973 B. Magee Popper vii. 91 The approach even of polemicists of genius, like Voltaire, has been to seek out and attack the weak points in an opponent's case. 2002 Guardian 22 May i. 20/8 To most people, he [sc. Stephen Jay Gould] was punctuationist, populariser or polemicist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1864 |
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