| 单词 | polemicist |
| 释义 | polemicist (once / 66030 pages) n A polemicist is a person who attacks someone else with written or spoken words. A heated debate is the perfect venue for a polemicist. If you're a polemicist, you have very strong opinions, and you're not afraid to state them — even if they hurt other people. A polemicist might publish a fiery online essay criticizing many of her high school classmates, for example. The word comes from polemic, "a strong verbal or written attack," which has a Greek root, polemikos, "warlike, belligerent, or stirring up hostility." WORD FAMILYpolemicist: polemicists+/polemic: polemical, polemically, polemicise, polemicize, polemics, polemise, polemize/polemicize: polemicized, polemicizes, polemicizing/polemics: polemicist, polemist/polemist: polemists USAGE EXAMPLESAlexander Dugin, the Russian political scientist and polemicist, may resemble Santa’s evil younger brother and talk like a villain from an Austin Powers movie. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) Or a defiant polemicist who placed black women’s emotional lives in the middle of the most radical LP of the year? Los Angeles Times(Dec 16, 2016) And a combative polemicist who says that all really she wants to do is start a conversation. BBC(Nov 29, 2016) n a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology) Syn|Hyper polemic, polemist author, writer writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) |
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