polemic
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It linked to a short film: a 20-minute polemic against the emptiness of modern life, a lament for a vanished world of hierarchies and heroism.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024
Instead, I situate my characters in what can seem like a challenging historical context — the period when France controlled a colonial empire — without resorting to caricature or engaging in polemic.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2023
What Rufo is talking about is a classic bait-and-switch — cutting and pasting a polemic from one place into another for a strategic advantage.
From Salon • May 30, 2023
Though raising serious questions about the way history is written, and by whom, “The Lost King” isn’t a polemic, or even a biopic.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2023
I was heart-sick at the prospect that he might want to re-edit the entire book into a polemic against Elijah Muhammad.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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