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- a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something激烈争论; 批评; 猛烈攻击：
his polemic against the cultural relativism of the Sixties
他对60年代文化相对论的攻击
mass noun a writer of feminist polemic.女权争论文章的作家。
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- （一般作polemics）the art or practice of engaging in controversial debate or dispute争辩学, 争辩术; 辩论争论：
the history of science has become embroiled in religious polemics.
科学的历史已经陷入了宗教的争论。
派生词
polemicist
nounpolemicize
（亦作-ise）verb词源
mid 17th cent.: via medieval Latin from Greek polemikos, from polemos 'war'.