or polemicise (pəˈlɛmɪˌsaɪz) or polemize (ˈpɒləˌmaɪz)
verb(transitive)
to engage in controversy
polemicize in American English
(poʊˈlɛməˌsaɪz; pəˈlɛməˌsaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: poˈlemiˌcized or poˈlemiˌcizing
to engage in polemics; write or speak polemically
polemicize in American English
(pəˈleməˌsaiz, pou-)
intransitive verbWord forms: -cized, -cizing
to practice the art of disputation; to engage in polemics or controversy
Alsoesp Britpolemicise
Word origin
[1945–50; polemic + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: RNA, ergative, fail-safe, on-line, taxi squad-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize)