"polemic" in the noun sense
1. polemicist, polemist, polemic
a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
2. polemic
a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
"polemic" in the adjective sense
1. polemic, polemical
of or involving dispute or controversy
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