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adjective

polemical

of or involving strongly critical or disputatious writing

In a sentence

Six example sentences with polemical, each labelled with its topic.

  • His polemical pamphlet attacked three rival schools by name and made him unwelcome at every faculty dinner.

    Philosophy

  • Her polemical essay on museum funding named the donors, and two galleries quietly withdrew her upcoming show.

    Art

  • The newspaper ran a polemical column each Sunday, and readers canceled subscriptions faster than the editor could count.

    Politics

  • Milton's polemical tract against licensing of the press named the censors and is still quoted whenever a book is banned.

    Literature

  • Her polemical book on free trade insulted half the profession by name, and the other half bought it to see why.

    Economics

  • Loos wrote a polemical essay calling ornament a crime, and Vienna's decorated facades never fully recovered their respectability.

    Architecture

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