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
His Glastonbury set opened with the angry, antagonistic Hate, followed quickly by Plastic, a polemic about the seductive but reductive allure of consumer culture.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 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
Speaking of paying attention, you have patiently endured my polemic to get to the good news.
From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 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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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.