def- polemic

polemic |pəˈlemik| noun a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something : his polemic against the cultural relativism of the sixties | a writer of feminist polemic. • (usu. polemics) the art or practice of engaging in controversial debate or dispute : the history of science has become embroiled in religious polemics. adjective another term for polemical . DERIVATIVES polemicist |pəˈleməsist| noun polemicize |pəˈleməˌsīz| verb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: via medieval Latin from Greek polemikos, from polemos ‘war.’