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Polemic vs Strifeful - What's the difference?

polemic | strifeful |

As adjectives the difference between polemic and strifeful

is that polemic is having the characteristics of a polemic while strifeful is full of strife; quarrelsome, polemic, contentious.

As a noun polemic

is a person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.

polemic

English

Alternative forms

* polemick (obsolete)

Noun

(en 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.
  • An argument or controversy.
  • (senseid)A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.

    • Synonyms

    * (person) controversialist, disputant * (strong verbal or written attack) harangue, screed, rant, tirade

    Derived terms

    * polemical * polemicist

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the characteristics of a polemic.

    • Synonyms

    * polemical

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    Anagrams

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    strifeful

    English

    Alternative forms

    *strifull

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Full of strife; quarrelsome, polemic, contentious.
  • *1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.ii:
  • *:But strifull minde, and diuerse qualitee / Drew them in parts, and each made others foe [...].