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plural polemics
A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant. examples
An argument or controversy. examples
A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something. examples
comparative more polemic, superlative most polemic
Having the characteristics of a polemic. quotations examples
A fourth hindrance is by some held to be, that many of our polemic publications are too polemic. Some hold that we should urge the simple Gospel, and make no attack on Hinduism or Muhammadanism .
1893, Report of the Third Decennial Missionary Conference
To explain some of these challenges, it is useful to take a brief and polemic look at the one area that is perhaps most fundamentally affected by the new conditions: the workplace.
1995, Patrick Nicol Troy, Technological Change and the City
Using a rather polemic tone, Mutua (2002) argues that interpretations of human rights are not neutral but very much embedded in cultural and political assumptions
2017, Monisha Bajaj, Human Rights Education: Theory, Research, Praxis