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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
polemic /pəˈlɛmɪk/

▶noun a strong verbal or written attack.

■ (also polemics) the art or practice of engaging in controversial debate or dispute.

▶adjective (also polemical) of or involving strong or controversial debate.

– derivatives
polemically adverb,
polemicist noun,
polemicize (or polemicise) verb.

– origin C17: via med. L. from Gk polemikos, from polemos ‘war’.

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