polemicist
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He dismisses as “simplistic” the few pro-Franco polemicists who would give the dictator credit for the tolerant and democratic Spain that emerged after 1975.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
But those cuts are less likely to matter to the polemicists who will not experience the institutionalized cruelties firsthand.
From Salon • Nov. 4, 2024
All this is far afield from your own situation, but because there’s so much absolutist rhetoric about knowing our parentage, it’s worth contrasting the high-beam clarity of the polemicists with the chiaroscuro of ethical life.
From New York Times • May 3, 2022
That’s partly why — in an age of provocateurs like Dave Chappelle and form-busting polemicists like Hannah Gadsby — he’s amassed a huge audience in both red and blue states.
From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2019
Some of these polemicists nevertheless directed their attacks against the divinities of the Orient and their Latin votaries.
From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz
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