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polemical
adjective po·lem·i·cal \-mi-kəl\
Definition of POLEMICAL
1
: of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial
Variants of POLEMICAL
po·lem·i·cal also po·lem·ic \-mik\
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First Known Use of POLEMICAL
1640
Related to POLEMICAL
- Synonyms
- contentious, controversial, disputatious, argumentative (also polemic), quarrelsome, scrappy
- Antonyms
- noncontroversial, safe, uncontroversial
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