noun. A controversial argument, especially one refuting or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine.

noun. A person engaged in or inclined to controversy, argument, or refutation.

adjective. Of or relating to a controversy, argument, or refutation.

Of or pertaining to controversy; controversial; disputative: as, a polemic essay or treatise; polemic divinity or theoIogy; polemic writers.

noun. A disputant; one who carries on a controversy; a controversialist; one who writes in support of an opinion or a system in opposition to another.

noun. A controversy; a controversial argument.

noun. One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.

noun. A polemic argument or controversy.

adjective. Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative

adjective. Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations.

noun. A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.

noun. An argument or controversy.

noun. ​ A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.

adjective. Having the characteristics of a polemic.

adjective. of or involving dispute or controversy

noun. a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)

noun. a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)

"Sure, you can try to be anal and disagree with my use of the term polemic, and go on and on about how you don't like someone who also used that definition to present a pretty sound model, but it's just lazy."

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