a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; |
2. | Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; | |
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. |
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 |