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| po·lem·ic [ pə lémmik ] |
noun (plural po·lem·ics) |
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1. passionate argument: a passionate, strongly worded, and often controversial argument against or, less often, in favor of somebody or something
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2. passionate critic: somebody who engages in a passionate dispute about or argues passionately against somebody or something
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containing passionate argument: containing or expressing passionate and strongly worded argument against or in favor of somebody or something
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| [Mid-17th century. Via medieval Latin< Greek polemikos< polemos "war"] |
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 po·lem·i·cal·ly adverb |
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