polemic debate

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• polemic — ► NOUN 1) a strong verbal or written attack. 2) (also polemics) the practice of engaging in controversial debate. ► ADJECTIVE (also polemical) ▪ of or involving disputatious or controversial debate. DERIVATIVES polemicist noun …   English terms dictionary

• debate — [n] discussion of issues; consideration agitation, altercation, argument, argumentation, blah blah*, cogitation, contention, contest, controversy, controverting, deliberation, dialectic, disputation, dispute, forensic, hassle, match, meditation,… …   New thesaurus

• polemic — I adjective argumental, argumentative, conflicting, contentious, contestable, contradictory, controversial, debatable, dialectic, dialectical, discordant, discrepant, disputatious, dissentient, dissonant, divided, eristic, eristical, factious,… …   Law dictionary

• Polemic — For other uses, see Polemic (disambiguation). A polemic (  /pəˈl …   Wikipedia

• polemic — [[t]pəle̱mɪk[/t]] polemics 1) N VAR A polemic is a very strong written or spoken attack on, or defence of, a particular belief or opinion. ...a polemic against the danger of secret societies... The book is both a history and a passionate polemic… …   English dictionary

• polemic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. polemical, controversial, disputatious, eristic[al], dialectical; quarrelsome, contentious. n. polemics, debate, discussion, contention, dialectics. See discord. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn.… …   English dictionary for students

• polemic — [pə lɛmɪk] noun a strong verbal or written attack. ↘(also polemics) the art or practice of engaging in controversial debate or dispute. adjective (also polemical) of or involving strong or controversial debate. Derivatives polemically adverb… …   English new terms dictionary

• debate — Synonyms and related words: Kilkenny cats, address, after dinner speech, agitate, air, airing, allocution, altercation, analysis, analyze, application, argue, argument, argumentation, back down, balance, be abstracted, bickering, brood, buzz… …   Moby Thesaurus

• polemic — Synonyms and related words: Kilkenny cats, Philadelphia lawyer, altercation, apologetics, apologia, apologist, apology, arguer, argufier, argument, argumentation, bicker, bickering, blood feud, brawl, broil, casuist, casuistry, cat and dog life,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• debate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. argument, dispute, controversy; forum, panel discussion; war of words. v. argue, discuss, dispute; bandy words, take sides, lock horns, contend; reflect, consider. See conversation, reasoning. II… …   English dictionary for students

• debate — n 1. discussion, dispute, disputation, argumentation, polemic, logomachy, war of words; verbal controversy, altercation, wrangle, heated argument, disagreement, dissension, variance, difference of opinion. 2. deliberation, consideration, careful… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder