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polemical
/pəˈlɛmɪkəl/
adj 2noun 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
complex, complex, comprehensive, critical, drunk
VERB + POLEMICAL
heat
POLEMICAL + NOUN
analysis, discussion, schema
Definitions
adj
1
Related to argument or controversy; containing polemic, being polemic.
[…] in order to give a comprehensive critical and polemical analysis of the Dictionary in question, a whole book would be needed.
Bachelard has given a clear analysis of the "Atlas complex", a polemical complex and schema of verticalising effort or elevation, accompanied by a feeling of monarchical contemplation which diminishes the world so as better to glorify the gigantic, and the ambition inherent in ascensional reveries.
2
Related to argument or controversy; containing polemic, being polemic.
And though the annals of the period do not show us that there was less ale drawn, or less canary called for; men got dry with the heat of polemical discussion, and drunk with a text, not the fag end of a ballad, in their mouths; and people made a sort of morality of straight hair, long faces, and sad-coloured garments.
Not only are all these allegations worded in an unnecessarily polemical style, they are also simply false
noun
1
A diatribe or polemic.
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Synonyms
adjective — of or involving dispute or controversy
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Idioms & Phrases
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[…] in order to give a comprehensive critical and polemical analysis of the Dictionary in question, a whole book would be needed.
Wiktionary02
Bachelard has given a clear analysis of the "Atlas complex", a polemical complex and schema of verticalising effort or elevation, accompanied by a feeling of monarchical contemplation which diminishes
Wiktionary03
And though the annals of the period do not show us that there was less ale drawn, or less canary called for; men got dry with the heat of polemical discussion, and drunk with a text, not the fag end o
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