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Yes, I CAN look this up myself, but do you know the meaning of "POLEMICAL"?

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  • iceman
    Lv 4
    2 decades ago
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    having to do with fierce discussion

    Origin: polemos (war, Greek)

    Source(s): Oxford Paperback Dictionary Thanks! I learnt a new word
  • 2 decades ago

    po·lem·ic [ pə lémmik ]

    noun (plural po·lem·ics)

    Definitions:

    1. passionate argument: a passionate, strongly worded, and often controversial argument against or, less often, in favor of somebody or something

    2. passionate critic: somebody who engages in a passionate dispute about or argues passionately against somebody or something ( literary )

  • 2 decades ago

    disputing discussion; argument; controversy.

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