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Definition of: polemic
(pō·lem′ik) adjective
Pertaining to controversy; disputatious. Also po·lem′i·cal.
—noun
1. A controversy; also, the speeches, papers, etc., comprising this.
2. One who engages in controversy. [<Gk. polemikos warlike <polemos war]
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