Definition of polemicist in English:
polemicist
noun pəˈlɛmɪsɪstpəˈlɛməsəst
A person who engages in controversial debate.
a brilliant polemicist with an independent critical mind
a passionate left-wing polemicist
Example sentencesExamples
- He was one of the ablest polemicists in a period of remarkable vitality.
- He is such a good polemicist that I have to comment on what he writes.
- These narratives were overblown exaggerations, but polemicists employed their hyperbole to further political ends.
- He proved to be a most effective polemicist, whose prose style could sway opinion towards his favoured causes.
- Durgnat is my favourite polemicist in all film culture.
- He was an excellent critic and a fiery polemicist.
- He is a deceptive film-maker, part polemicist, part aesthete.
- There's too much Serge the political thinker and polemicist and too little Serge the visionary artist of the political novel.
- He was the father of experimental science, the sharpest thinker of his time, a great debater and a dismissive polemicist.
- His career remains shrouded by polemicists' disparaging depictions of him.
Definition of polemicist in US English:
polemicist
nounpəˈlɛməsəstpəˈleməsəst
A person who engages in controversial debate.
a brilliant polemicist with an independent critical mind
a passionate left-wing polemicist
Example sentencesExamples
- These narratives were overblown exaggerations, but polemicists employed their hyperbole to further political ends.
- He was one of the ablest polemicists in a period of remarkable vitality.
- There's too much Serge the political thinker and polemicist and too little Serge the visionary artist of the political novel.
- His career remains shrouded by polemicists' disparaging depictions of him.
- He was an excellent critic and a fiery polemicist.
- He was the father of experimental science, the sharpest thinker of his time, a great debater and a dismissive polemicist.
- He is a deceptive film-maker, part polemicist, part aesthete.
- He is such a good polemicist that I have to comment on what he writes.
- Durgnat is my favourite polemicist in all film culture.
- He proved to be a most effective polemicist, whose prose style could sway opinion towards his favoured causes.