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polemical

[puh-lem-ik-uhl, poh-lem-ik-uhl] / pəˈlɛm ɪk əl, poʊˈlɛm ɪk əl /


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Ms. Serpell’s tone is ardent and sometimes spicily polemical, but at heart this is informed, accessible literary analysis that demonstrates that Morrison’s true genius was as a stylist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Grace, who refuses to be confined by demographic category, is in many ways the most outrageously polemical of the characters.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

At the same time, groups that feel like they’re under attack will look for their own messengers to deliver polemical responses which reject every criticism and assign blame somewhere else; this is what “stanning” is.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2024

In fact, the city has now erected signs explaining the polemical history of the site, with information about its builder.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2023

They exhibit in a remarkable degree the qualities, so rare in polemical literature, of kindness, moderation, and charity for all men.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.




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