polemic

Example Sentences

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“It’s such a powerful, polemic piece, as well as being poetic and also mundane at times,” Cumberbatch says, speaking via Zoom from London.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2024

This usefully allows the material to be less of a period piece — because, happily for Sister Helen, her polemic is somewhat dated.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2023

The term Britpop was coined by journalist Stuart Maconie in a long polemic about the state of guitar music in the April 1993 issue of Select magazine.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 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

"Watch that temper, that's discipline, too. Learn to demolish your brotherly opponents with ideas, with polemic skill. The other is for our enemies. Save it for them. And go get some rest."

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison