polemicnoun [ C ]
uk/pəˈlem.ɪk/us/pəˈlem.ɪk/formala piece of writing or a speech in which a person strongly attacks or defends a particular opinion, person, idea, or set of beliefs:
She has published a fierce anti-war polemic.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Debate & discussion
- arena
- compare
- conciliate
- dialectic
- float around
- fly
- fly around
- get down to business idiom
- kick sth around
- negotiable
- negotiate
- parley
- reason with sb
- reasoning
- sophistry
- speak
- talk sth out
- talk sth over
- toss
- weigh in
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polemical
adjective uk/pəˈlem.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlem.ɪ.kəl/
a polemical essay