polemic
Example Sentences
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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
But it’s not a polemic about Black struggle.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023
Bobby wanted the film to be a polemic,, not a biography—and he certainly didn’t want it to be about his bodyguard.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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