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polemic adjective argumental, argumentative, contentious, contestable, contradictory, debatable, dialectic, dialectical, discordant, discrepant, disputatious, dissentient, dissonant, divided, eristic, factious, inharmonious, open to debate, open to dissussion, open to question, polemical, pugnacious, schismatic, subject to controversy, unreconciled See also: argument, argumentative, contention, disputable, dispute, litigious How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I still remember one of my seminary professors polemicizing against the unofficial, but widespread Lutheran Ubertragungslehre, the doctrine of transferring ministry from the people to the pastor. It is not immune from charges of polemicizing, or even ranting. To take up the theme of eloquence becomes, as it was for Cicero, a medium or occasion for eloquent philosophizing, polemicizing, display, self-reflection, and self-assertion. |
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