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polemic

/pəˈlɛmɪk/
noun
  1. A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.

  2. An argument or controversy.

  3. A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.

Synonymscontroversialist, disputant, polemicist, harangue, philippic, rant
adjective
  1. Having the characteristics of a polemic.

Synonymspolemical

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