polemise

Questions about polemise

What does polemise mean?

polemise means "engage in a controversy".

How many syllables are in polemise?

polemise has 3 syllables and divides as po-le-mise under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for polemise?

Close synonyms include polemize, polemicize, polemicise. 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 polemise a common word?

polemise is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.