See polemic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "strong written or verbal attack",
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"word": "論争"
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"code": "ms",
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"tags": [
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"ref": "1893, Report of the Third Decennial Missionary Conference:",
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"ref": "1995, Patrick Nicol Troy, Technological Change and the City:",
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"ref": "2017, Monisha Bajaj, Human Rights Education: Theory, Research, Praxis:",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "polemičen",
"sense": "having the characteristics of a polemic",
"word": "полемичен"
},
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having the characteristics of a polemic",
"word": "polèmic"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "having the characteristics of a polemic",
"word": "polemisk"
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"sense": "having the characteristics of a polemic",
"word": "polemika"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "having the characteristics of a polemic",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "having the characteristics of a polemic",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "polémique"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having the characteristics of a polemic",
"word": "polemisch"
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"sense": "having the characteristics of a polemic",
"word": "polemico"
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