Polemical vs Controversial - What's the difference?
polemical | controversial |
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:
* 2013 , Johannes Zachhuber, Theology as Science in Nineteenth-Century Germany (ISBN 0199641919), page 57:
Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.
* (rfdate) Macaulay:
Controversial is a synonym of polemical.
As adjectives the difference between polemical and controversial
is that polemical is of, or relating to argument or controversy; polemic or contentious while controversial is arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.As a noun polemical
is a diatribe or polemic.polemical
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Alternative forms
* polemicall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Not only are all these allegations worded in an unnecessarily polemical style, they are also simply false
- Remarkable here is the rather polemical choice of words
Synonyms
* polemic * controversial * disputatiousExternal links
* *controversial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Whole libraries of controversial books.