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polemical

adjective

po·​lem·​i·​cal pə-ˈle-mi-kəl How to pronounce polemical (audio)
variants or less commonly polemic
1
: of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial
2
: engaged in or addicted to polemics : disputatious
polemically adverb

Example Sentences

during the Middle Ages even theologians could be surprisingly polemical in their writings an unnecessarily polemical look at the supposed incompatibility between science and religion
Recent Examples on the Web Weems’s impassioned account of the familial turmoil his exile caused, and her call for retroactive justice in his case, constitute the exhibition’s most overtly polemical moment. New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022 But while the movie highlights her efforts on behalf of gun safety legislation, West and Cohen were intent on making a moving and personal portrait of Giffords rather than a polemical message film about a hot-button political issue. Josh Rottenbergstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2022 Richard Taruskin, a commanding musicologist and public intellectual whose polemical scholarship and criticism upended conventional classical music history, died early Friday in Oakland, California. William Robin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2022 But where Kramer was polemical, Holleran was poetic — more quietly political, Kushner said, but political nevertheless as a pioneer in literature for a post-Stonewall age. New York Times, 5 June 2022 Eucalyptus can be a polemical aspect in California wines — many dislike its cooling green flavors — but Thackrey was never one to interfere with its expression. Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 May 2022 Next month, Reed will publish a book that is, in the context of his polemical writing, unusual. Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022 Rutllant’s journey of self-discovery leads her to unearth details of the life and work of her great grandfather, a polemical astrophysicist who attempted to build the largest telescope in Chile’s southern hemisphere during the Cold War. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 17 May 2022 The path his company chose, Boreing told me, is to avoid making polemical films. Andy Meek, Forbes, 13 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of polemical was in 1615

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