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noun a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
noun a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
adjective of or involving dispute or controversy
originFrom French polémique, from Ancient Greek πολεμικός (polemikós, “of war”), from πόλεμος (pólemos, “war”). By surface analysis, polem- + -ic.
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