Polemic

a.	1.	Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
	2.	Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer.
n.	1.	One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant. The sarcasms and invectives of the young polemic. - Macaulay.
	2.	A polemic argument or controversy.

Noun	1.	polemic - a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology) Synonyms: polemicist, polemist
	2.	polemic - a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
Adj.	1.	polemic - of or involving dispute or controversy Synonyms: polemical

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