"polemic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /pəˈlɛmɪk/, /pəˈliːmɪk/ Forms: more polemic [comparative], most polemic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛmɪk, -iːmɪk Etymology: From French polémique, from Ancient Greek πολεμικός (polemikós, “of war”), from πόλεμος (pólemos, “war”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|polémique}} French polémique, {{uder|en|grc|πολεμικός||of war}} Ancient Greek πολεμικός (polemikós, “of war”), {{m|grc|πόλεμος||war}} πόλεμος (pólemos, “war”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} polemic (comparative more polemic, superlative most polemic)
  1. Having the characteristics of a polemic. Synonyms: polemical Translations (having the characteristics of a polemic): полемичен (polemičen) (Bulgarian), polèmic (Catalan), polemisk (Danish), polemika (Esperanto), poleeminen (Finnish), polémique [feminine, masculine] (French), polemisch (German), polemico (Italian), polemisk (Norwegian Bokmål), polemisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), polémico (Portuguese), polêmico [Brazil] (Portuguese), polémico (Spanish), polemisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-polemic-en-adj-6IDYK~ij
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: polemick [obsolete]

Noun [English]

IPA: /pəˈlɛmɪk/, /pəˈliːmɪk/ Forms: polemics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛmɪk, -iːmɪk Etymology: From French polémique, from Ancient Greek πολεμικός (polemikós, “of war”), from πόλεμος (pólemos, “war”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|polémique}} French polémique, {{uder|en|grc|πολεμικός||of war}} Ancient Greek πολεμικός (polemikós, “of war”), {{m|grc|πόλεμος||war}} πόλεμος (pólemos, “war”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} polemic (plural polemics)
  1. A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: controversialist, disputant, polemicist
    Sense id: en-polemic-en-noun-29eJUFVh Disambiguation of People: 0 83 1 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 47 27 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 70 15 4 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 17 56 19 9
  2. An argument or controversy.
    Sense id: en-polemic-en-noun-idSXScPF
  3. A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something. Synonyms: harangue, screed, rant, tirade, philippic Translations (strong written or verbal attack): polemiek (Afrikaans), пале́міка (paljémika) [feminine] (Belarusian), спор (spor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), полемика (polemika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 論戰 (Chinese Mandarin), 论战 (lùnzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), polemika [feminine] (Czech), polemik [common-gender] (Danish), polemiek [feminine] (Dutch), polemiko (Esperanto), polemiikki (Finnish), polémique [feminine] (French), პოლემიკა (ṗolemiḳa) (Georgian), Polemik [feminine] (German), खंडन (khaṇḍan) (Hindi), खंडन-मंडन (khaṇḍan-maṇḍan) (Hindi), deilurit (english: book or pamphlet of polemic) [neuter] (Icelandic), polemica [feminine] (Italian), 論争 (ronsō) (alt: ろんそう) (Japanese), полемика (polemika) [feminine] (Macedonian), ڤوليميک [Jawi] (Malay), polemik [Rumi] (Malay), polemikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), polemikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), polemika [feminine] (Polish), polémica [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), polêmica [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), поле́мика (polémika) [feminine] (Russian), polémica [feminine] (Spanish), polemik [common-gender] (Swedish), polemik (Turkish), поле́міка (polémika) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-polemic-en-noun-en:attack Disambiguation of 'strong written or verbal attack': 13 2 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: polemick [obsolete] Derived forms: polemical, polemically, polemicist

Adjective [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French polémique. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|fr|polémique|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French polémique, {{bor+|ro|fr|polémique}} Borrowed from French polémique Head templates: {{ro-adj}} polemic m or n (feminine singular polemică, masculine plural polemici, feminine and neuter plural polemice) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-adj}} Forms: polemică [feminine, singular], polemici [masculine, plural], polemice [feminine, neuter, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], polemic [accusative, indefinite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], polemică [accusative, feminine, indefinite, nominative, singular], polemici [accusative, indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], polemice [accusative, feminine, indefinite, neuter, nominative, plural], polemicul [accusative, definite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], polemica [accusative, definite, feminine, nominative, singular], polemicii [accusative, definite, masculine, nominative, plural], polemicele [accusative, definite, feminine, neuter, nominative, plural], polemic [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], polemice [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, singular], polemici [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, plural], polemice [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, neuter, plural], polemicului [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], polemicei [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, singular], polemicilor [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, plural], polemicelor [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. polemic Tags: masculine, neuter
    Sense id: en-polemic-ro-adj-9UZP25Oi Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for polemic meaning in All languages combined (14.5kB)

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      "word": "論戰"
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      "word": "პოლემიკა"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Polemik"
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      "word": "論争"
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          "ref": "1893, Report of the Third Decennial Missionary Conference",
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    },
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      "sense": "having the characteristics of a polemic",
      "word": "polemisk"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "having the characteristics of a polemic",
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    },
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      "word": "polemico"
    },
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