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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Polemic

Po-lēm'ic, n.

noun

n. One who writes in support of an opinion or system in opposition to another; a controversialist; a disputant. “The sarcasm and invective of the young polemic.” Macaulay.

Po-lēm'ic or Po-lēm'ic-al, a.

adjective

a. [Gr. πολεμικός, warlike, from πόλεμος, war; Fr. polémique, It. & Sp. polemico.]

  1. Pertaining to, engaged in, or involving controversy; controversial; as, a polemic treatise, discourse, essay, or book; polemic divinity.
  2. Given to controversy; disputatious; as, a polemic writer. South.