My father's little library consisted chiefly of books on polemic divinity, most of which I read.
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Polemic
//pəˈlɛmɪk//
Synonyms for "polemic" (128 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (64)
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Adjective(1 words)
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4 entriesderived
9 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 29 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- polemiek noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Belarusian
1 entries- пале́міка noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Bulgarian
3 entries- полемичен adj (having the characteristics of a polemic)
- полемика noun (strong written or verbal attack)
- спор noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Catalan
1 entries- polèmic adj (having the characteristics of a polemic)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 論戰 /论战 noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Czech
1 entries- polemika noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Danish
2 entries- polemisk adj (having the characteristics of a polemic)
- polemik noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Dutch
1 entries- polemiek noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Esperanto
2 entries- polemika adj (having the characteristics of a polemic)
- polemiko noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Finnish
2 entries- poleeminen adj (having the characteristics of a polemic)
- polemiikki noun (strong written or verbal attack)
French
2 entries- polémique adj (having the characteristics of a polemic)
- polémique noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Georgian
1 entries- პოლემიკა noun (strong written or verbal attack)
German
2 entries- polemisch adj (having the characteristics of a polemic)
- Polemik noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Hindi
2 entries- खंडन noun (strong written or verbal attack)
- खंडन-मंडन noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Icelandic
1 entries- deilurit noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Indonesian
1 entries- polemik adj (having the characteristics of a polemic)
Italian
2 entries- polemico adj (having the characteristics of a polemic)
- polemica noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Japanese
1 entries- 論争 noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Macedonian
1 entries- полемика noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Malay
2 entries- polemik noun (strong written or verbal attack)
- ڤوليميک noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- polemisk adj (having the characteristics of a polemic)
- polemikk noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- polemisk adj (having the characteristics of a polemic)
- polemikk noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Polish
1 entries- polemika noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Portuguese
4 entries- polémico adj (having the characteristics of a polemic)
- polêmico adj (having the characteristics of a polemic)
- polémica noun (strong written or verbal attack)
- polêmica noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Russian
1 entries- поле́мика noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Spanish
2 entries- polémico adj (having the characteristics of a polemic)
- polémica noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Swedish
2 entries- polemisk adj (having the characteristics of a polemic)
- polemik noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Turkish
1 entries- polemik noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Ukrainian
1 entries- поле́міка noun (strong written or verbal attack)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
This polemic is futile!
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I find that this discussion takes place with too much polemic and not enough respect.
Source: tatoeba (12425880)
A fourth hindrance is by some held to be, that many of our polemic publications are too polemic. Some hold that we should urge the simple Gospel, and make no attack on Hinduism or Muhammadanism .
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