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Polemic
1. A controversial argument, especially one refuting or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine.
2. A person engaged in or inclined to controversy, argument, or refutation.
adj. also po·lem·i·cal (--kl)
Of or relating to a controversy, argument, or refutation.
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[French polémique, from Greek polemikos, hostile, from polemos, war.]
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po·lemi·cal·ly adv.
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