Po*lem"ic (?), a. [Gr. warlike, fr. war: cf. F. pol'emique.]
1.
Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
2.
Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer.
South.
© Webster 1913.
Po*lem"ic, n.
1.
One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
The sarcasms and invectives of the young polemic.
Macaulay.
2.
A polemic argument or controversy.
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