polemics
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8.7
- noun
- /pəˈlɛmɪks/
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polemica
- Her speech consisted of harsh polemics aimed at challenging the government's policies.
- contemporary polemics
- critical polemics
After months and months and of polemics, this article was removed, but the debate is still there.
- After months and months and of polemics, this article was removed, but the debate is still there.
- Another thing that's that you could say is, is a key part of their their motivations is engaging in polemics.
- They were quite often talking past each other and engaging in polemics, which turn out in a certain sense to be unnecessary right from our perspective at the end.
Examples
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The outspoken advocate of poststructuralist thought, Joan Wallach Scott, expresses doubts about some feminist polemics.
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After all, what good are his polemics if they can reach only a passive, credulous mass public incapable of coordinated action?
Academic text (2016) -
After months and months and of polemics, this article was removed, but the debate is still there.
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I would say that we are now finally getting past the need for such polemics.
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We are not interested in useless polemics when the Titanic is really going down.
Blog text (4) -
Humanistic scholars and critics might reply to such polemics in a number of ways.
Academic text (1999) -
I agree that FARMS was weakest and most problematic when they engaged in polemics against particular individuals.
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For a man known for polemics, Stager is surprisingly charming and circumspect.
Academic text (2007) -
Young, half-formed intellectuals write polemics on the demonization of China by the foreign media.
Academic text (1997) -
For all the polemics against monumentality, Le Corbusier's buildings were conceived as monuments from the beginning.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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9.1
A strong attack in writing or speech against an opinion
A long angry speech that criticizes someone or something
Antonyms
How Hostile
- Offensive
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9.5
- Offensive
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8.8
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8.7
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2.3
- Formal
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2.0
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1.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Polemics comes from the Greek word polemos, meaning 'war', so it gives the idea of a 'war of words'. That's why polemics now means strong, often attacking, public writing or speech that defends or attacks ideas.