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polemic

/pəˈlemɪk/noun

उच्चारण पलेमिक

विवादात्मक लेख या भाषण, तीखा खंडन

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noun
  1. 1

    [C] ~ (against/in favour of sb/sth) formal

    a speech or a piece of writing that argues very strongly for or against something or somebody

    विवादात्मक लेख या भाषण, तीखा खंडन

    • The book is a fierce polemic against the education system.
    • a political polemic

    Synonyms diatribe tirade attack invective broadside

  2. 2

    [U] also polemics

    the practice or skill of arguing very strongly for or against something or somebody

    विवाद-कला, वाद-विवाद

    • Their debate soon turned from analysis to polemic.

    Synonyms argument controversy dispute debate

◇Word family
polemical adjectivepolemicist noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

diatribe tirade attack invective broadside argument controversy dispute debate

⌂Word origin and word building

From Greek polemos, meaning 'war'.

यह Greek शब्द polemos से बना है, जिसका अर्थ 'युद्ध' है।