What Makes a Polemicist?

What Makes a Polemicist?

A polemicist is a person who attacks someone else with written or spoken words. ... If you're a polemicist, you have very strong opinions, and you're not afraid to state them — even if they hurt other people. A polemicist might publish a fiery online essay criticizing many of her high school classmates, for example.

What means polemicist?

Word forms: plural polemicists. countable noun. A polemicist is someone who is skilled at arguing very strongly for or against a belief or opinion. [formal] ...the greatest polemicist of the 20th century.

What is a political polemicist?

Polemic (/pəˈlɛmɪk/) is contentious rhetoric intended to support a specific position by forthright claims and to undermine the opposing position. Polemics are thus seen in arguments on controversial topics. The practice of such argumentation is called polemics. ... Polemics often concern questions in religion or politics.

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