polemic
/pəˈlɛmɪk/
polemic 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
polemic (plural polemics)
- A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
- Synonyms:
- controversialist, disputant, polemicist
- An argument or controversy.
- A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.
Adjective
polemic (comparative more polemic, superlative most polemic)
- Having the characteristics of a polemic.
- A fourth hindrance is by some held to be, that many of our polemic publications are too polemic. Some hold that we should urge the simple Gospel, and make no attack on Hinduism or Muhammadanism .1893, Report of the Third Decennial Missionary Conference
- To explain some of these challenges, it is useful to take a brief and polemic look at the one area that is perhaps most fundamentally affected by the new conditions: the workplace.1995, Patrick Nicol Troy, Technological Change and the City
- Synonyms:
- polemical
polemic meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
polemic in Hindi
- strong written or verbal attack
- खंडन khaṇḍan, खंडन-मंडन khaṇḍan-maṇḍan
polemic in Urdu
- بحث, قضیہ
polemic in Malayalam
- മതതർക്കവിദ്യ, വാദശീലമായ, വിവാദാത്മകമായ
polemic in Kannada
- ಚರ್ಚಾಸ್ಪದ, ವಿವಾದಾತ್ಮಕ, ತಾರ್ಕಿಕ, ವಾಗ್ದಾಳಿ
More languagesFewer languages
- polemic in Malay
- polemik
- polemic in Indonesian
- polemik
Examples of polemic in a sentence
- Basically that posties just spend their time writing essays and polemics and don't do any praxis.
- Therefore, consideration should also be given to the rhetoric of ancient Jewish polemic.
- The great bulk of Lenin's published work consists of attacks and polemics.
Synonyms of polemic
Forms of polemic
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | polemics |
| alternative form (obsolete) | polemick |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more polemic |
| superlative | most polemic |
Origin of polemic
From French polémique, from Ancient Greek πολεμικός (polemikós, “of war”), from πόλεμος (pólemos, “war”). By surface analysis, polem- + -ic.
Words formed from polemic
Words that rhyme with polemic
- academic
- epidemic
- chemic
- demic
- endemic
- infodemic
- pandemic
- philodemic
- philopolemic
- plandemic
- postpandemic
- systemic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- alchemic
- allelochemic
- anthemic
- anti-epidemic
- antiacademic
- antiepidemic
- chemick
- chernozemic
- chronosystemic
- diasystemic
- ecoepidemic
- electrochemic
- endemoepidemic
- eudemic
- geochemic
- haremic
- holoendemic
- hyperendemic
- hyperepidemic
- hypoendemic
- interacademic
- interepidemic
- interpandemic
- intraepidemic
- intrapandemic
- mesoendemic
- microendemic
- microepidemic
- monosystemic
- multisystemic
- myxedemic
- near-endemic
- non-academic
- nonacademic
- nonendemic
- nonepidemic
- nonpandemic
- nonsystemic
- palaeoendemic
- paleoendemic
- panepidemic
- photochemic
- pingdemic
- polemick
- polydemic
- polysystemic
- portasystemic
- portosystemic
Questions about polemic
- What does polemic mean?
- Polemic means a person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
- What is polemic in Hindi?
- Polemic in Hindi is खंडन (khaṇḍan), खंडन-मंडन (khaṇḍan-maṇḍan). See Polemic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is polemic?
- Polemic can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce polemic?
- Polemic is pronounced /pəˈlɛmɪk/.
- What is the plural of polemic?
- The plural of polemic is polemics.
Words near polemic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: polemic (page history and authors); polemic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); polemic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); polemic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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