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[pəˈlɛmɪk], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a speech or piece of writing expressing a strongly critical attack on or controversial opinion about someone or something
(e.g: his polemic against the cultural relativism of the Sixties)
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Origin
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mid 17th century: via medieval Latin from Greek polemikos, from polemos ‘war’
[pəˈlɛmɪk], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- expressing or constituting a strongly critical attack on or controversial opinion about someone or something; polemical
(e.g: unashamedly polemic writing)
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Origin
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mid 17th century: via medieval Latin from Greek polemikos, from polemos ‘war’
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