polemical
/pəˈlɛmɪkəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Related to argument or controversy; containing polemic, being polemic.
Example Sentences
- "[…] in order to give a comprehensive critical and polemical analysis of the Dictionary in question, a whole book would be needed."
- "Bachelard has given a clear analysis of the "Atlas complex", a polemical complex and schema of verticalising effort or elevation, accompanied by a feeling of monarchical contemplation which diminishes the world so as better to glorify the gigantic, and the ambition inherent in ascensional reveries."
- "And though the annals of the period do not show us that there was less ale drawn, or less canary called for; men got dry with the heat of polemical discussion, and drunk with a text, not the fag end of a ballad, in their mouths; and people made a sort of morality of straight hair, long faces, and sad-coloured garments."
- "Not only are all these allegations worded in an unnecessarily polemical style, they are also simply false"
- "Remarkable here is the rather polemical choice of words […]"
- "If democratic legitimacy is a principle—and not just a polemical weapon wielded by the left in a selective and self-serving way—then we would have to consider not only the democratic legitimacy of a potential reversal of Roe but also the democratic legitimacy (if any) of the constitutional right to abortion itself."
Etymology
From polemic + -al. By surface analysis, polem- + -ic + -al.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pəˈlɛmɪkəl/
- British English: /pəˈlɛmɪkəl/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more polemical (comparative)
most polemical (superlative)
polemicall (alternative, obsolete)
polemicals (plural)