polemical
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Polemical and incendiary asides follow thick and fast.
From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2011
They may be rudely divided into five groups: the Polemical Roarers, the Confessional Sufferers, the Tiny Imagists, the Compulsive Reporters and the Cult Poets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Polemical literature, if seldom of a high class, was abundant and was much appreciated.
From Henrik Ibsen by Gosse, Edmund
Polemical writings are, as a rule, only thoroughly understood if one reads both sides of the question.
From Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) by Trotzky, Leon Davidovich
Polemical philosophy, as distinguished from quiet, reflective, and critical but constructive philosophy involves a most uneconomical use of mental force.
From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various
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