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UK
/pɒlˈɛmɪsˌɪst/
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[ US /pəˈɫɛməsəst/ ]
[ US /pəˈɫɛməsəst/ ]
NOUN
- a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
How To Use polemicist In A Sentence
- If you're calling the polemicist Arianna Huffington a "traditional network star," I demand that status be given to Ann Coulter. Infinite Monkeys - "...a sparkly blog..." - James Lileks
- He was an excellent critic and a fiery polemicist.
- And I'm not at all sure how successful I am as a straight-out polemicist either. Roger Smith: It's Too Late for Troy Davis, But It's Not Too Late for Us
- Windschuttle is no historian -- he has no formal training in the discipline whatsoever -- but he made a name for himself some time ago as a far-right polemicist who found fault with some footnotes by Australian historians on the subject of the treatment of Aborigines. Archive 2009-12-01
- He was the father of experimental science, the sharpest thinker of his time, a great debater and a dismissive polemicist.
- Monk and mystic, monastic theologian and papal counselor, hagiographer and polemicist, a renowned preacher in the cloister and beyond it, Bernard was the single most important impetus for the spread of the Cistercians.
- Of course, he is one of the leading polemicists of the so-called "New Atheists" movement, but "polemicist" does not equate necessarily with "hate monger" or "intolerant thug. Articles » peoplesworld
- Newspapers evolved from the pamphleteers who considered themselves polemicists.
- To see the name of John Milton, the great religious and political polemicist, attached to such a bawdy epigram, is extremely surprising to say the least. John Lundberg: Scholar Unearths a Dirty Milton Poem
- His career remains shrouded by polemicists' disparaging depictions of him.