polemical[adjective]Synonyms: contentious, argumentative, controversial, disputatious, litigious
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
po‧lem‧i‧cal /pəˈlemɪk
əl/ (
also polemic)
adjective formal using strong arguments to criticize or defend a particular idea, opinion, or person:
The reforms were attacked in a highly polemical piece in the ‘New Yorker’.—polemically /-kli/
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