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puh-LE-mik
noun
a rant or screed, written or verbal, characterized by an aggressive denunciation of opposing viewpoints
1886Madame BovaryPolemics would ensue; he would have to answer in the papers.1887Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis BonaparteThe polemic against the budget, which in France, was closely connected with the opposition to the aristocracy of finance, furnished too cheap a popularity and too rich a material for Puritanical leading articles, not to be exploited.1991XenocideAll she knew of rhetoric, polemic—yes, of demagoguery—she had learned from him…Labels: Gustave Flaubert, Karl Marx, Orson Scott Card
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