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polemic

po·lem·ic [ pə lémmik ]


noun  (plural po·lem·ics)
Definition:
 
1. passionate argument: a passionate, strongly worded, and often controversial argument against or, less often, in favor of somebody or something

2. passionate critic: somebody who engages in a passionate dispute about or argues passionately against somebody or something ( literary )



adjective 
Definition:
 
containing passionate argument: containing or expressing passionate and strongly worded argument against or in favor of somebody or something

[Mid-17th century. Via medieval Latin< Greek polemikos< polemos "war"]

po·lem·i·cal·ly adverb
po·lem·i·cist noun
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