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Contentious rhetoric
Polemic (/pəˈlɛmɪk/ pə-LEHM-ick, US also /-ˈlimɪk/ -LEEM-ick) is contentious rhetoric intended to support a specific position by forthright claims and
Polemic
Defunct British arts magazine
Polemic was a British "Magazine of Philosophy, Psychology, and Aesthetics" published between 1945 and 1947, which aimed to be a general or non-specialist
Polemic_(magazine)
Christian theology that defends Christianity against objections
from the Greek philosopher Celsus, who wrote The True Word (c. 175 CE), a polemic criticizing Christians as being unprofitable members of society. In response
Christian_apologetics
Poetry book
A Poet's Polemic is a 2003 collection of poetry written by Scottish poet John Burnside. It was published as part of National Poetry Day 2003. McLuckie
A_Poet's_Polemic
the Cathars, or between Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox. A subset of polemic and apologetic activity continued against Judaism and Islam, both openly
Christian polemics and apologetics in the Middle Ages
Christian_polemics_and_apologetics_in_the_Middle_Ages
Jewish physician, philosopher, and polemic writer
1604–1683) was a Portuguese-born Sephardic Jewish physician, philosopher and polemic writer based in Verona. He was born of Marrano parents at Trancoso, near
Isaac_Cardoso
Political faction in Ukraine from 1940
Mykola Stsiborskyi whose third wife was Jewish, became the focus of a polemic that ensued between the two factions. It's possible that an alleged spat
Melnykites
1982 single by Guilherme Arantes
"Planeta Água" is a song written and performed by Guilherme Arantes, a music artist from São Paulo, Brazil, and released in 1982. It was one of the finalists
Planeta_Água
Character from the novel "The Brothers Karamazov"
Mikhail Osipovich Rakitin (Russian: Михаи́л О́сипович Раки́тин) is a secondary character in the novel The Brothers Karamazov by the 19th-century Russian
Mikhail_Rakitin
1950 anthology compiled by Victor Gollancz
A Year of Grace is a 1950 anthology compiled by Victor Gollancz, consisting of passages (and some pieces of music) concerning religious and spiritual life
A_Year_of_Grace
1995 book by Kirill Eskov
Афрания, romanized: Evangeliye ot Afraniya) is a 1995 counterapologetic polemic by Russian scientist and writer Kirill Eskov. Its illustrative novel part
The_Gospel_of_Afranius
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940
ceased, according to Chamberlain, "like turning off a tap". In July 1940 a polemic titled Guilty Men was released by "Cato"—a pseudonym for three journalists
Neville_Chamberlain
Jewish polemic
900 CE) is thought to be the earliest surviving anti-Christian Jewish polemic. The original version of the book was written in Judeo-Arabic, and a translation
The_Book_of_Nestor_the_Priest
1644 book by John Milton
Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parlament of England is a 1644 prose polemic by the English poet, scholar, and polemical author John Milton opposing
Areopagitica
Syriac martyrology
The passage belongs to a wider body of Christian, Armenian, and Syriac polemic from the Sasanian period in which close-kin marriage was associated with
Acts of Adur-Hormizd, Pethion and Anahid
Acts_of_Adur-Hormizd,_Pethion_and_Anahid
Vietnamese anti-colonial intellectual
Ngô Đức Kế (1878–1929), courtesy name Tập Xuyên, was a prominent scholar-gentry Vietnamese anti-colonial intellectual in the early 20th century. He was
Ngô_Đức_Kế
German philosopher (1844–1900)
classical philologic method in favour of a more speculative approach. In his polemic Philology of the Future, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff damped the
Friedrich_Nietzsche
American activist (1924–2016)
million copies of her self-published book A Choice Not an Echo (1964), a polemic in support of Republican candidate Barry Goldwater and condemning more
Phyllis_Schlafly
American film critic and author (1942–2013)
documentary. It is also poetry and prose, muckraking and expose, journalism and polemic. It is one of the great moviegoing experiences of my lifetime." If a movie
Roger_Ebert
Book by Milorad Pavić
sources. Three time layers: I - The Middle Ages, the time of the Khazar polemic II - The 17th century (the time of the first edition of the dictionary
Dictionary_of_the_Khazars
British spiritual teacher and writer (1925–2018)
Dennis Philip Edward Lingwood (26 August 1925 – 30 October 2018), known more commonly as Sangharakshita, was a British spiritual teacher and writer. In
Sangharakshita
Italian physicist and astronomer (1564–1642)
Simplicio made Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems appear as a polemic against Aristotelian geocentrism in defence of the Copernican theory. Most
Galileo_Galilei
Early Christian and Jewish religious systems
the Story of Miriai on Two Levels: Evidence from Mandaean Anti-Jewish Polemic about the Origins and Setting of Early Mandaeism".ARAM Periodical / (2010):
Gnosticism
1898 polemic by Karl Kraus
A Crown for Zion (German: Eine Krone für Zion) is an 1898 anti-Zionist polemic written by the Austrian-Jewish writer Karl Kraus. As with many Viennese
A_Crown_for_Zion
Christian anti-pagan polemic
Christian anti-pagan polemic
Refutation_of_All_Heresies
2012 memoir by Sarah Schulman
Memoir or Biography. Olivia Laing on New Statesman described the book as "a polemic, a passionate, provocative and at times scattergun account of disappearance
The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination
The_Gentrification_of_the_Mind:_Witness_to_a_Lost_Imagination
2022 memoir by Werner Herzog
find much to love here, all of it jumbled up into a kind of memoir-diary-polemic hybrid". She called the book "something weirder and truer than a mere autobiography"
Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
Every_Man_for_Himself_and_God_Against_All:_A_Memoir
Concept in statistics
reasons. Among the earliest expressions of this idea is Francis Bacon's polemic the Novum Organum, itself a challenge to the more traditional logic expressed
Latent and observable variables
Latent_and_observable_variables
British actress
(1 March 2022). "Mood, review: Nicôle Lecky's supercharged millennial polemic is gripping and grimy". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 February 2024
Nicôle_Lecky
Christian apostle and missionary (c. 5 – c. 64/65)
literature, although he makes an appearance in some variants of the medieval polemic Toledot Yeshu (as a particularly effective spy for the rabbis). The Karaite
Paul_the_Apostle
Critic of Islam (born 1946)
[i.e. Ibn Warraq's] agenda, which is not scholarship, but anti-Islamic polemic." Anthropologist and historian Daniel Martin Varisco has criticized Ibn
Ibn_Warraq
Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-06722-6. Kim, Lloyd (2006). Polemic in the Book of Hebrews: Anti-Judaism, Anti-Semitism, Supersessionism?.
History_of_Christianity
Italian composer
Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini (February 13, 1746, Livorno—1825, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre) was an Italian composer and violinist. He wrote over 80 symphony
Giuseppe_Cambini
the span of ten years, from 2002 to 2012, the play is a response to and polemic with the German playwright Heiner Mueller's Hamletmachine (in German, Die
Opheliamachine
1887 book by Friedrich Nietzsche
On the Genealogy of Morality: A Polemic (German: Zur Genealogie der Moral: Eine Streitschrift; sometimes translated as On the Genealogy of Morals) is
On_the_Genealogy_of_Morality
Legislative elections were held in France on 10 June and 17 June 2007 to elect the 13th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, a few weeks after the
2007 French legislative election
2007_French_legislative_election
The Royal Gate of the Palace of Versailles separates the Cour d'Honneur from the Royal Court of the Palace of Versailles. It is also located between the
The Royal Gate of the Palace of Versailles
The_Royal_Gate_of_the_Palace_of_Versailles
Art exhibition
Erster Deutscher Herbstsalon (First German Autumn Salon) was the title of an art exhibition that was organized in 1913 by Herwarth Walden in Berlin. The
Erster_Deutscher_Herbstsalon
Term used to describe anti-theatrical sentiments
avant-garde theatricalism. Wagner became the object of Modernism's most polemic anti-theatrical attackers. Martin Puchner states that Wagner, 'almost like
Antitheatricality
1946 essay by George Orwell
when published as a pamphlet) is an essay, first published in May 1946 in Polemic, by the English author George Orwell. The essay discusses works written
Second Thoughts on James Burnham
Second_Thoughts_on_James_Burnham
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
2008). "Defaming Milton Friedman: Naomi Klein's disastrous yet popular polemic against the great free market economist" Archived April 11, 2010, at the
Milton_Friedman
Proposals to admit a new state into the United States
Act in 1999. The phrase is usually used in local political debates, in polemic writing or in private conversations. It is rarely used by politicians in
51st_state
French rebel groups that fought Nazi Germany in World War II
relatively unknown. In 1974, Louis Malle's Lacombe, Lucien caused scandal and polemic for his lack of moral judgment regarding the behavior of a collaborator
French_Resistance
Knowledge of the hidden or the paranormal
science. From that point on, use of "occult science(s)" implied a conscious polemic against mainstream science. Nevertheless, the philosopher and card game
Occult
2025 French-American documentary film
"breathless attempt to balance the varying demands of biography, exegesis and polemic, somewhat tripping itself in the process". Orwell: 2+2=5 won Best Score
Orwell:_2+2=5
Partially lost polemic essay by Roman Emperor Julian
Partially lost polemic essay by Roman Emperor Julian
Against_the_Galileans
Government of France from 1870 to 1940
court's attempts to frame Dreyfus began to spread, chiefly owing to the polemic J'accuse, a vehement open letter published on the liberal newspaper L'Aurore
French_Third_Republic
Rebellion against Roman rule (66–73/74 CE)
committing suicide—it was exaggerated for dramatic effect, serving as a polemic against the Sicarii and drawing inspiration from the Greco-Roman fascination
First_Jewish–Roman_War
Book by Abu'l-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi
School'), is a theological polemic written by Hanbali Islamic scholar Abu'l-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi between 1185 and 1192. The polemic is primarily directed at
Daf'_Shubah_al-Tashbih
British Presbyterian minister
John Malcome (1662? – 17 May 1729) was a British Presbyterian polemic. Malcome was probably a native of Scotland. He was educated at Glasgow, where he
John_Malcome
Book by Ibn Taymiyyah
Christian bishop Paul of Antioch. Thomas, David (2010). "Apologetic and Polemic in the letter from Cyprus and Ibn Taymiyya's al-Jawāb al-Ṣaḥīḥ li-man baddala
Al-Jawāb al-Ṣaḥīḥ li-man baddala dīn al-Masīh
Al-Jawāb_al-Ṣaḥīḥ_li-man_baddala_dīn_al-Masīh
Jewish rebellion against Roman rule (132–136 CE)
signified divine punishment, becoming a central argument in anti-Jewish polemic. For Justin Martyr, a 2nd century apologist, Jewish responsibility for
Bar_Kokhba_Revolt
Belgian philosopher (1934–2026)
strongest of the Situationists. Counterpoised to Guy Debord's political and polemic style, Vaneigem offered a more poetic and spirited prose. The Revolution
Raoul_Vaneigem
Islamic term for a pre-Islamic Arabian monotheist
Hawting, G. R. (1999). The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam: From Polemic to History. Cambridge University Press. Ibn Warraq, ed. (2000). "2. Origins
Hanif
English agricultural pioneer (1674–1741)
certainty that "the Husbandry of England in General is Virgilian." In a polemic chapter entitled "Remarks on the Bad Husbandry, that is so finely Express'd
Jethro_Tull_(agriculturist)
Dutch politician (born 1963)
December 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2009. "In Netherlands, Anti-Islamic Polemic Comes With a Price". washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on
Geert_Wilders
2023 book by Jake Wallis Simons
Author Jake Wallis Simons Language English Subject Anti-Zionism Genre Polemic Publisher Constable Publication date September 7, 2023 Publication place
Israelophobia
2026 Indian film by Kamakhya Narayan Singh
performances sincere, but deemed it less a cinematic experience and more "a polemic wrapped in dramatic packaging" that may resonate strongly with viewers
The_Kerala_Story_2
Totality of existing entities
Vandoren 2014, pp. 83–84 Börner 2004, pp. 3–4 Hirst 2006, Lead section, § The Polemic against Idealism Marshall 2005 Miller 2026, Lead section, § 1. Preliminaries
Reality
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
fiction speculative fiction travelogue opinion journalism literary criticism polemic essay autobiography correspondence oration Literary movement American Realism
Mark_Twain
2011 anthology by Nick Land
every number is written as its factors. The second is an accelerationist polemic that explores a wide variety of sources to propose a fatalistic model of
Fanged_Noumena
Italian song contest (76th edition)
(Caterina Caselli's bet) withdraws: "I'm going through a complex moment". A polemic post from the last few days surfaces. The committee: "No replacement"]
Sanremo_Music_Festival_2026
Attitudes and behaviors towards sex in ancient Rome
perception of Roman sexual decadence can be traced to early Christian polemic, see Alastair J. L. Blanshard, "Roman Vice," in Sex: Vice and Love from
Sexuality_in_ancient_Rome
Legendary medieval woman pope
their anti-Catholic writings, and the Catholics responded with their own polemic. According to Pierre Gustave Brunet, Various authors, in the 16th and 17th
Pope_Joan
American lawyer and statesman (born 1930)
trust, and we needed someone that we could trust not just to make it a polemic." Baker's Democratic counterpart was retired Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-IN),
James_Baker
Name given in ancient literature to an inner voice
daimonion among the evil demons. In the early 5th century, Augustine polemicized against Apuleius' doctrine of demons in his work The State of God. He
Daimonion
9th-century Spanish archbishop and saint
Agobard of Lyon (c. 769 – 840) was a Spanish-born priest and archbishop of Lyon, during the Carolingian Renaissance. The author of multiple treatises,
Agobard
English philosopher and author (1806–1873)
of Jeremy Bentham and in the company of George Ensor, then pursuing his polemic against the political economy of Thomas Malthus. The mountain scenery he
John_Stuart_Mill
19th-century literary society
1819, to February 15, 1886, in Romney, West Virginia. Established as the Polemic Society of Romney, it became the first organization of its kind in the
Romney_Literary_Society
Hostility or prejudice towards Catholics
in Communist Lands 14.2 (1986): 124–133. Fowler, Colin. "Anti-Catholic polemic at the origins of Australia's first Catholic newspaper." Journal of the
Anti-Catholicism
1947 essay by George Orwell
critical essay on Shakespeare by Leo Tolstoy, and was first published in Polemic No. 7 (March 1947). Orwell analyses Tolstoy's criticism of Shakespeare's
Lear,_Tolstoy_and_the_Fool
16th century European mask for women
meet universal approval, as evidenced in this excerpt from a contemporary polemic: When they use to ride abroad, they have visors made of velvet ... wherewith
Visard
British-German racialist philosopher (1855–1927)
wrote in a review of Goethe that Chamberlain had appropriated Goethe in "a polemic about race politics, racial hygiene and racial worth from the standpoint
Houston_Stewart_Chamberlain
Irish journalist and novelist (born 1990)
is an Irish author and journalist known for introspective fiction and polemic essays. She gained critical prominence after releasing her debut novel
Megan_Nolan
Political stalling tactic
Sermon Invitational Lecture Public Lightning talk Maiden speech Oratory Polemic Diatribe Eristic Philippic Progymnasmata Suasoria Propaganda Spin Resignation
Filibuster
Beer brand
Laurentina is the first beer brand and former brewery from Mozambique. It was founded in 1932 and since 2002 has been a brand of the Mozambican brewing
Laurentina
1651 political tract by John Milton
Defensio pro Populo Anglicano is a Latin polemic by John Milton, published in 1651. The full title in English is John Milton an Englishman His Defence
Defensio_pro_Populo_Anglicano
1914 work by Vladimir Lenin
question in relation to countries such as Norway, Poland and Russia. A polemic against Rosa Luxemburg, it was written in the vein of "The Awakening in
The Right of Nations to Self-Determination
The_Right_of_Nations_to_Self-Determination
Ecuadorian historian (1949)
Fernando Jurado Noboa (born 12 October 1949, Quito) is an Ecuadorian psychiatrist, historian and genealogist. Jurado was born in Quito on 12 October 1949
Fernando_Jurado_Noboa
American businessman and activist (born 1977)
The Washington Post, Carlos Lozada said that it "fails as memoir and as polemic: its analysis is facile, its hypocrisy relentless, its self-awareness marginal
Donald_Trump_Jr.
1957 novel by Ayn Rand
reviewing the novel for The American Mercury, described it as a "long overdue" polemic against the welfare state with an "exciting, suspenseful plot", although
Atlas_Shrugged
Official Cyrillic writing system for Bosnian, Montenegrin and Serbian
Central Europe. Springer. p. 976. ISBN 978-0-230-58347-4. [...]32. The polemic on the ethnic belonging of Bosancica, which commenced in the mid-19th century
Serbian_Cyrillic_alphabet
Lost book by Julius Caesar against Cato the Younger
The Anticato (sometimes Anti-Cato; Latin: Anticatones) is a lost polemic written by Julius Caesar in hostile reply to Cicero's pamphlet praising Cato
Anticato
Term used in political debates
The term had some currency in polemic debates about the Cold War. "Moral equivalence" began to be used as a polemic term-of-retort to "moral relativism"
Moral_equivalence
Distortion of historical record
"revisionist" approach to the history of the Holocaust. It is not intended as a polemic, nor does it attempt to ascribe motives. Rather, it seeks to explain the
Historical_negationism
President of China from 1959 to 1968
the seriousness of class struggle. From September 1963, the Sino-Soviet polemic was fully launched. Against the backdrop of international "anti-revisionism"
Liu_Shaoqi
Damning speech to condemn a particular political actor
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jeremiad (dolorous tirade, literary) Polemic "Definition of philippic | Collins English Dictionary". Archived from the
Philippic
2012 book by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, first published in 2012, is a book by Turkish-American economist Daron Acemoglu and British-American
Why_Nations_Fail
French exorcism subject
the so-called Miracle of Laon was almost immediately seized upon for polemic by proponents of the Counter-Reformation, and it is from those polemics
Nicole_Aubrey
Medieval theological polemic
Apology of al-Kindi (also spelled al-Kindy) is a medieval theological polemic making a case for Christianity and drawing attention to alleged flaws in
Apology_of_al-Kindi
Christian views of Judaism in the New Testament
constraints of that context, it was all too easily read as an anti-Jewish polemic and became a tool of anti-semitism. But it is highly questionable whether
Antisemitism and the New Testament
Antisemitism_and_the_New_Testament
Formal conversation, often between opposing viewpoints, on a topic
Sermon Invitational Lecture Public Lightning talk Maiden speech Oratory Polemic Diatribe Eristic Philippic Progymnasmata Suasoria Propaganda Spin Resignation
Debate
British monk and saint (c. 450/500 – c. 570)
the Wise) – was a 6th-century British monk best known for his religious polemic De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, which recounts the history of the Britons
Gildas
7th-century Christian Greek-language polemic against Judaism
7th-century Christian Greek-language polemic against Judaism
Doctrina_Jacobi
British politician (1913–2010)
a journalist on Tribune and the Evening Standard. He co-wrote the 1940 polemic against appeasement of Adolf Hitler, Guilty Men, under a pseudonym. Foot
Michael_Foot
Italy international footballer (born 1994)
"Com pênalti polêmico, Fla vence reservas do Santos em má atuação" [With polemic penalty, Fla beats Santos' reserves in poor performance] (in Portuguese)
Emerson_Palmieri
Gnostic religion
the Story of Miriai on Two Levels: Evidence from Mandaean Anti-Jewish Polemic about the Origins and Setting of Early Mandaeism". ARAM Periodical / (2010):
Mandaeism
Political commentary in a style of humor based on parody
current affairs. This is particularly troublesome when commentators use polemic and sarcasm in their satire as opposed to witty humour or impersonations
Political_satire
Anatolian mother goddess
and lurid accounts of Magna Mater and Attis were produced as anti-pagan polemic in the late 4th century by the Christian apologist Arnobius, who presented
Cybele
English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
There, he continued his theological studies and began to write apologetic, polemic, and controversialist treatises. In the following year, because of ill
William_Allen_(cardinal)
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n.
One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
a.
Polemic; controversial; disputatious.
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Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer.
n.
A polemic.
n.
A polemic argument or controversy.
a.
Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural.
a.
Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity.
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Fond of polemics or controversy.
n.
A polemic.
a.
Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
n.
The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy.