"polemicize" meaning in All languages combined

See polemicize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: polemicizes [present, singular, third-person], polemicizing [participle, present], polemicized [participle, past], polemicized [past], polemicise [alternative]
Etymology: From polemic + -ize. By surface analysis, polem- + -ic + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|polemic|ize}} polemic + -ize, {{surf|en|polem-|-ic|-ize}} By surface analysis, polem- + -ic + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} polemicize (third-person singular simple present polemicizes, present participle polemicizing, simple past and past participle polemicized)
  1. (intransitive) To engage in argument. Tags: intransitive Translations (to engage in argument): polemitzar (Catalan), polemisoida (Finnish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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