polemics

1. 1.

   the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors

   BroaderChristian theology

Other forms of polemics

plural

polemicses·

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 polemics

What does polemics mean?

polemics means "the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors".

How many syllables are in polemics?

polemics has 3 syllables: po-lem-ics. The stress falls on "lem". In IPA it is /poʊˈlɛmɪks/.

Is polemics a common word?

polemics 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.