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Polemical - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As an adjective polemical

is of, or relating to argument or controversy; polemic or contentious.

As a noun polemical

is a diatribe or polemic.

polemical

English

Alternative forms

* polemicall (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to argument or controversy; polemic or contentious.
  • Causing an argument; causing the expression of opposing opinions; disputatious.
  • * 2012 , Craig L. Blomberg, Interpreting the Parables (ISBN 0830866779), page 48:
  • Not only are all these allegations worded in an unnecessarily polemical style, they are also simply false
  • * 2013 , Johannes Zachhuber, Theology as Science in Nineteenth-Century Germany (ISBN 0199641919), page 57:
  • Remarkable here is the rather polemical choice of words

    Synonyms

    * polemic * controversial * disputatious

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A diatribe or polemic.
  • Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.