English to French Meaning of polemic - polémique

Polemic :

polémique

noun

sophiste, polémique, controverse, débat, contestation, cow-boy

adjective

controversé, polémique, raisonneur, attaquable, discutable

Polemic :: polémiquePolemical :: polémiquePolemicist :: polémistePolemicists :: polémistesPolemics :: polémique

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Definitions of polemic in English

Noun(1) a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology(2) a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma
Adjective(1) of or involving dispute or controversy

Examples of polemic in English

(1) The other part is that these policies our present or future governments develop for mainly polemic purposes sometimes actually get implemented!(2) a writer of feminist polemic(3) 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?(4) The extended polemic against rock music turned out to be particularly rich.(5) Equally, one might regard it as a polemic against the reflexive association of aesthetics with false consciousness.(6) his polemic against the cultural relativism of the Sixties(7) By way of an introduction thought I'd post a polemic piece that I've been knocking about for a while.(8) Accompanying her powerful polemic against ├ö├ç├┐victim art├ö├ç├û was the assertion that she did not plan to see the work.(9) But it is a better book for not being a polemic against the excesses of the British in India.(10) Other men, perhaps less certain of their status, or with more avowedly polemic things to express, were less retiring.(11) Many press accounts have misread this book as an indictment of incentive zoning or as a polemic against privatization.(12) Despite all this, the most amusing thing about your article hasn't yet been mentioned here in my little polemic tirade.(13) And yet, the song is not just a polemic against those who are in power.(14) I really do think it's perfectly OK to expose one's passions and prejudices in unashamedly polemic writing on a blog.(15) But as for the polemic aspect, one of the main points critics made was that it lacked balance, that it was too one-sided.(16) 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.

Synonyms

Adjective

1. polemical ::

polémique

Noun

2. diatribe ::

diatribe

3. invective ::

invective

4. rant ::

diatribe

5. tirade ::

tirade

6. broadside ::

bordée

7. attack ::

attaque

8. harangue ::

harangue

9. condemnation ::

condamnation

10. criticism ::

critique

11. stricture ::

rétrécissement

12. admonition ::

admonition

13. rebuke ::

réprimander

14. abuse ::

abuser de

15. blast ::

explosion

17. philippic ::

philippique

Different Forms

polemic, polemical, polemicist, polemicists, polemics

English to French Dictionary: polemic

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