Polemic Synonyms

pə-lĕmĭk
Given to arguing
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. polemical
  2. argumentative
  3. quarrelsome
  4. disputatious
  5. discursive
  6. combative
  7. contentious
  8. eristic
  9. contestable
  10. litigious
  11. scrappy
A writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. polemicist
  2. polemist

Words Related to Polemic

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Polemic Sentence Examples

  • To this period belongs his first crude literary effort, a polemic against a Genevese pastor who had criticized Rousseau.

  • His polemic skill earned for him the title of the "Column of the Portico."

  • Its polemic against the philosophy of experience has exposed it to general misunderstanding, as though it claimed some a priori path to truth.

  • Secondly, it contains no polemic against Christianity, to the doctrines of which, in fact, there is no allusion.

  • During these years the religious and political ideas of the Reformation were rapidly gaining ground, and, aided by a vigorous and violent polemic literature, opposition to Rome was growing on every side.

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