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Definition of polemic in English: polemicnoun pəˈlɛmɪkpəˈlɛmɪk 1A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something. 激烈争论；批评；猛烈攻击 his polemic against the cultural relativism of the Sixties 他对60年代文化相对论的攻击。 mass noun a writer of feminist polemic 女权争论文章的作家。 Example sentencesExamples - But it is a better book for not being a polemic against the excesses of the British in India.
- Many press accounts have misread this book as an indictment of incentive zoning or as a polemic against privatization.
- Sometimes I write over-the-top polemics or fantasies just for a giggle.
- All her polemics and essays are written with a disciplined, jargon-free clarity.
- The latter may be because I'd always prefer to read a punchy polemic against ideas I hold than a dull defence or clunky statement of them.
- But while the original essays were powerful provocations and polemics, the book itself is a disappointing and limited guide to current debates over the future of the university.
- Accompanying her powerful polemic against ‘victim art’ was the assertion that she did not plan to see the work.
- Much of contemporary architectural thinking is grounded in a polemic against modernism and even classicism.
- In particular, it is a polemic against dialectics.
- I think he wrote it in haste, he wrote it in anger, he wrote a brilliant polemic.
- Its underlying message warns against falsehood and its consequences, although it does not ostensibly function as a polemic against homophobia.
- Here's an update on some of the more attention-grabbing theatrical spoofs and polemics being presented in Seattle and beyond.
- Equally, one might regard it as a polemic against the reflexive association of aesthetics with false consciousness.
- It is, in the first place, a polemic against the deifying of the social order, which can happen with or without Hegelian philosophy.
- If that's a polemic then I guess my films are polemics.
- And yet, the song is not just a polemic against those who are in power.
- Most pertinent to public policy is his polemic against industrial, or containment, farming.
- The extended polemic against rock music turned out to be particularly rich.
- Most of what Aristotle says about mathematics is a polemic against Plato's views, and there is not much consensus among scholars on the scattered positive remarks he makes.
- His essay is in part a polemic against the mimetic theory of art, or against any theory which takes the image to be the basic constituent of the work.
Synonyms diatribe, invective, denunciation, denouncement, rant, tirade, broadside, attack, harangue, verbal onslaught condemnation, brickbats, criticism, admonishment, admonition, abuse, stream of abuse, stricture, tongue-lashing, castigation, reprimand, rebuke, reproof, reproval, upbraiding informal knocking, blast British informal slating rare philippic argumentation, argument, debate, contention, dispute, disputation, discussion, controversy, altercation, faction, wrangling formal contestation - 1.1usually polemics The practice of engaging in controversial debate or dispute.
争辩学，争辩术；辩论争论 the history of science has become embroiled in religious polemics 科学的历史已经陷入了宗教的争论。 Example sentencesExamples - Controversy raged over every aspect of this policy, and polemics flew over such questions as whether French soldiers could honourably be punished for military offences in the German way by beating with the flat of a sword.
- In political polemics, the mob, particularly the revolutionary mob, has often been characterised as anarchic, violent, out of control.
- Newspapers found it cheaper and better for their circulation to indulge in polemics rather than in detailed reporting, and this sensationalized politics still further.
- They're not interested in discussion, but polemics.
- I believe that the only way that we can survive in a multi-religious society is by promoting this sort of healthy discussion, free from polemics.
- Denominational conflict and polemics continued throughout the later nineteenth century and into the twentieth.
- Despite these polemics coming into play, the pair of us have managed to get along famously and have exchanged some very long-winded email arguments covering not just politics, but life in general.
- It engages historians, philosophers, scientists and the educated lay public alike in a discussion that self-consciously resists the temptation of polemics.
- ‘Political polemics are not protected in Illinois,’ Finkin said.
- However, the reports of both bodies were swamped by partisan polemics in the ongoing battle between federal Labor Governments and their political opponents.
- And we'll discuss polemics and the recapturing of civility at the center of the country soon.
- I would think that there are products out there that wouldn't mind being affiliated with foul-mouthed polemics, but political candidates are hardly the likeliest ones, I'm afraid.
- Some defenders of religion enter into polemics with scientists and question their theories, for instance, by opposing the theory of evolution.
- For example, we still need to work to reclaim historically complex, difficult, and inevitably controversial philosophical and political questions from the polemics of the culture wars.
- This led to renewed polemics, although in practice the great majority of students continued to be taught the Catholic religion in the schools.
- In a mindfully maintained dialogical encounter, argumentation and polemics can become penetrating tools to playfully inquire into the possibilities and limitations of all views.
- His work thus has the tendency to reproduce the elisions of the religious and political polemics of the sixteenth century while seeking to explain them.
- Literature on the Palestinian diaspora has usually been wrought with fierce and involuted tensions which emerge from the politics and polemics of exile.
- As the rest of the world marched towards scientific orientation and professionalism, India wallowed in a whirlpool of politics, polemics and puerile prejudices.
- Arguments to motivation or nature are a staple of polemics, not news.
Synonyms debate, discussion, dispute, argument, arguing, argumentation, altercation, wrangling, sparring, dissension, disagreement, disharmony, conflict, contention, controversy
adjective pəˈlɛmɪkpəˈlɛmɪk another term for polemical Example sentencesExamples - By way of an introduction thought I'd post a polemic piece that I've been knocking about for a while.
- Hersh is certainly not writing history, which leads me to conclude that even the greatest polemic journalism can become confusing when expanded into book form.
- Protestant reviewers, on the other hand, were put off by Maynard's polemic tone.
- Pickens, in fact, offers up nothing less than a review essay on Eloge with polemic blasts of his own, of which several are worth recording.
- Every single scholar who has written on India finds place in this book, even as the two authors carve out a space between rival and polemic writings.
- This polemic strategy, aided by the sense of physical insecurity, keeps large segments of the Israeli population hostage to fear.
- Tradition and continuity are imbued with polemic powers.
- Much of this, expressed in less polemic language, is accepted by many of the historians that Jenkins seeks to criticize.
- It is a polemic piece of architecture that has much to offer the typology of house.
- Other men, perhaps less certain of their status, or with more avowedly polemic things to express, were less retiring.
- I'll go back and read it again, but if I'm right, and you only gave a harsh polemic opinion, why react so vehemently to the opposing polemic viewpoint?
- This extensive, polemic point demonstrates the error of interpreting the situation simply in terms of ideology.
- Despite all this, the most amusing thing about your article hasn't yet been mentioned here in my little polemic tirade.
- Moreover, such histories as do survive were written not as objective records but from particular perspectives and with polemic aims.
- The other part is that these policies our present or future governments develop for mainly polemic purposes sometimes actually get implemented!
- But as for the polemic aspect, one of the main points critics made was that it lacked balance, that it was too one-sided.
- He is a polemic historian who means to show us, as he did in his acclaimed Understanding Toscanini, just what went wrong in classical music.
- I really do think it's perfectly OK to expose one's passions and prejudices in unashamedly polemic writing on a blog.
OriginMid 17th century: via medieval Latin from Greek polemikos, from polemos 'war'. Rhymesacademic, alchemic, endemic, epidemic, pandemic, totemic Definition of polemic in US English: polemicnounpəˈlemikpəˈlɛmɪk 1A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something. 激烈争论；批评；猛烈攻击 his polemic against the cultural relativism of the Sixties 他对60年代文化相对论的攻击。 a writer of feminist polemic 女权争论文章的作家。 Example sentencesExamples - Its underlying message warns against falsehood and its consequences, although it does not ostensibly function as a polemic against homophobia.
- Most of what Aristotle says about mathematics is a polemic against Plato's views, and there is not much consensus among scholars on the scattered positive remarks he makes.
- Much of contemporary architectural thinking is grounded in a polemic against modernism and even classicism.
- His essay is in part a polemic against the mimetic theory of art, or against any theory which takes the image to be the basic constituent of the work.
- And yet, the song is not just a polemic against those who are in power.
- The extended polemic against rock music turned out to be particularly rich.
- Here's an update on some of the more attention-grabbing theatrical spoofs and polemics being presented in Seattle and beyond.
- I think he wrote it in haste, he wrote it in anger, he wrote a brilliant polemic.
- In particular, it is a polemic against dialectics.
- The latter may be because I'd always prefer to read a punchy polemic against ideas I hold than a dull defence or clunky statement of them.
- If that's a polemic then I guess my films are polemics.
- Most pertinent to public policy is his polemic against industrial, or containment, farming.
- Many press accounts have misread this book as an indictment of incentive zoning or as a polemic against privatization.
- It is, in the first place, a polemic against the deifying of the social order, which can happen with or without Hegelian philosophy.
- Equally, one might regard it as a polemic against the reflexive association of aesthetics with false consciousness.
- But while the original essays were powerful provocations and polemics, the book itself is a disappointing and limited guide to current debates over the future of the university.
- But it is a better book for not being a polemic against the excesses of the British in India.
- Accompanying her powerful polemic against ‘victim art’ was the assertion that she did not plan to see the work.
- Sometimes I write over-the-top polemics or fantasies just for a giggle.
- All her polemics and essays are written with a disciplined, jargon-free clarity.
Synonyms diatribe, invective, denunciation, denouncement, rant, tirade, broadside, attack, harangue, verbal onslaught argumentation, argument, debate, contention, dispute, disputation, discussion, controversy, altercation, faction, wrangling critical, hostile, bitter, polemical, virulent, vitriolic, venomous, waspish, corrosive, biting, caustic, trenchant, cutting, acerbic, sardonic, sarcastic, scathing, acid, sharp, keen, tart, pungent, stinging, astringent, incisive, devastating, piercing - 1.1usually polemics The art or practice of engaging in controversial debate or dispute.
争辩学，争辩术；辩论争论 the history of science has become embroiled in religious polemics 科学的历史已经陷入了宗教的争论。 Example sentencesExamples - In political polemics, the mob, particularly the revolutionary mob, has often been characterised as anarchic, violent, out of control.
- Controversy raged over every aspect of this policy, and polemics flew over such questions as whether French soldiers could honourably be punished for military offences in the German way by beating with the flat of a sword.
- ‘Political polemics are not protected in Illinois,’ Finkin said.
- Literature on the Palestinian diaspora has usually been wrought with fierce and involuted tensions which emerge from the politics and polemics of exile.
- They're not interested in discussion, but polemics.
- This led to renewed polemics, although in practice the great majority of students continued to be taught the Catholic religion in the schools.
- Newspapers found it cheaper and better for their circulation to indulge in polemics rather than in detailed reporting, and this sensationalized politics still further.
- However, the reports of both bodies were swamped by partisan polemics in the ongoing battle between federal Labor Governments and their political opponents.
- For example, we still need to work to reclaim historically complex, difficult, and inevitably controversial philosophical and political questions from the polemics of the culture wars.
- As the rest of the world marched towards scientific orientation and professionalism, India wallowed in a whirlpool of politics, polemics and puerile prejudices.
- I believe that the only way that we can survive in a multi-religious society is by promoting this sort of healthy discussion, free from polemics.
- And we'll discuss polemics and the recapturing of civility at the center of the country soon.
- In a mindfully maintained dialogical encounter, argumentation and polemics can become penetrating tools to playfully inquire into the possibilities and limitations of all views.
- Despite these polemics coming into play, the pair of us have managed to get along famously and have exchanged some very long-winded email arguments covering not just politics, but life in general.
- Arguments to motivation or nature are a staple of polemics, not news.
- Denominational conflict and polemics continued throughout the later nineteenth century and into the twentieth.
- It engages historians, philosophers, scientists and the educated lay public alike in a discussion that self-consciously resists the temptation of polemics.
- His work thus has the tendency to reproduce the elisions of the religious and political polemics of the sixteenth century while seeking to explain them.
- I would think that there are products out there that wouldn't mind being affiliated with foul-mouthed polemics, but political candidates are hardly the likeliest ones, I'm afraid.
- Some defenders of religion enter into polemics with scientists and question their theories, for instance, by opposing the theory of evolution.
Synonyms debate, discussion, dispute, argument, arguing, argumentation, altercation, wrangling, sparring, dissension, disagreement, disharmony, conflict, contention, controversy
adjectivepəˈlemikpəˈlɛmɪk another term for polemical Example sentencesExamples - Much of this, expressed in less polemic language, is accepted by many of the historians that Jenkins seeks to criticize.
- But as for the polemic aspect, one of the main points critics made was that it lacked balance, that it was too one-sided.
- Pickens, in fact, offers up nothing less than a review essay on Eloge with polemic blasts of his own, of which several are worth recording.
- I really do think it's perfectly OK to expose one's passions and prejudices in unashamedly polemic writing on a blog.
- Hersh is certainly not writing history, which leads me to conclude that even the greatest polemic journalism can become confusing when expanded into book form.
- Every single scholar who has written on India finds place in this book, even as the two authors carve out a space between rival and polemic writings.
- Protestant reviewers, on the other hand, were put off by Maynard's polemic tone.
- He is a polemic historian who means to show us, as he did in his acclaimed Understanding Toscanini, just what went wrong in classical music.
- Despite all this, the most amusing thing about your article hasn't yet been mentioned here in my little polemic tirade.
- Tradition and continuity are imbued with polemic powers.
- I'll go back and read it again, but if I'm right, and you only gave a harsh polemic opinion, why react so vehemently to the opposing polemic viewpoint?
- It is a polemic piece of architecture that has much to offer the typology of house.
- This extensive, polemic point demonstrates the error of interpreting the situation simply in terms of ideology.
- The other part is that these policies our present or future governments develop for mainly polemic purposes sometimes actually get implemented!
- Moreover, such histories as do survive were written not as objective records but from particular perspectives and with polemic aims.
- This polemic strategy, aided by the sense of physical insecurity, keeps large segments of the Israeli population hostage to fear.
- Other men, perhaps less certain of their status, or with more avowedly polemic things to express, were less retiring.
- By way of an introduction thought I'd post a polemic piece that I've been knocking about for a while.
OriginMid 17th century: via medieval Latin from Greek polemikos, from polemos ‘war’. |