POLEMIC
Po*lem"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. polémique.]
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.
POLEMIC
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.
POLEMICAL
Po*lem"ic*al, a.
Defn: Polemic; controversial; disputatious.
— Po*lem"ic*al*ly, adv.
Polemical and impertinent disputations. Jer. Taylor.
POLEMICIST
Po*lem"i*cist, n.
Defn: A polemic. [R.]