polemic

1. 1.

   a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)

   Synonymspolemicistpolemist

   Broaderwriter
2. 2.

   a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)

   Broadercontroversy

1. 1.

   of or involving dispute or controversy

   Synonymspolemical

   Similarcontroversial

Other forms of polemic

plural

polemics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about polemic

What does polemic mean?

polemic means "a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in polemic?

polemic has 3 syllables: po-lem-ic. The stress falls on "lem". In IPA it is /pəˈlɛmɪk/.

What is another word for polemic?

Close synonyms include polemicist, polemist, polemical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is polemic a common word?

polemic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.