Polemicist
noun
A person who likes to argue and debate about controversial topics.
John is known as a polemicist due to his strong opinions on political matters.
Often appears as...
- skilled polemicist
- brilliant polemicist
noun
A person who likes to argue and debate about controversial topics.
John is known as a polemicist due to his strong opinions on political matters.
Often appears as...
- skilled polemicist
- brilliant polemicist
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Pro Tip 1/3Opinionated Tone
Polemicists often have strong, possibly polarizing opinions that provoke discussion or disagreement.
The columnist was a renowned polemicist, unafraid of upsetting readers.
Pro Tip 2/3Challenging Status Quo
Polemicists typically challenge commonly accepted beliefs or practices through their arguments.
As a polemicist, she frequently questioned the effectiveness of the education system.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
The term is often used in political, religious, or philosophical debates where polarized views are expected.
He was a polemicist who relished in philosophical debates about existence.
Pro Tip 1/3Opinionated Tone
Polemicists often have strong, possibly polarizing opinions that provoke discussion or disagreement.
The columnist was a renowned polemicist, unafraid of upsetting readers.
Pro Tip 2/3Challenging Status Quo
Polemicists typically challenge commonly accepted beliefs or practices through their arguments.
As a polemicist, she frequently questioned the effectiveness of the education system.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
The term is often used in political, religious, or philosophical debates where polarized views are expected.
He was a polemicist who relished in philosophical debates about existence.
Pro Tip 1/3Opinionated Tone
Polemicists often have strong, possibly polarizing opinions that provoke discussion or disagreement.
The columnist was a renowned polemicist, unafraid of upsetting readers.
Pro Tip 2/3Challenging Status Quo
Polemicists typically challenge commonly accepted beliefs or practices through their arguments.
As a polemicist, she frequently questioned the effectiveness of the education system.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
The term is often used in political, religious, or philosophical debates where polarized views are expected.
He was a polemicist who relished in philosophical debates about existence.
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was a neo-Nazi polemicist? What message does it have? I think in the context of the question of truth, it has a very significant message. Because today, as we well know,
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Behind the lies of...
was a neo-Nazi polemicist? What message does it have? I think in the context of the question of truth, it has a very significant message. Because today, as we well know,
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
It isn't only in the name of free speech that the views of an itchy polemicist should be tolerated - and I say itchy polemicist promoting thought, not itchy ideologue promoting violence - but because provocation is indispensable to the workings of a sound, creative culture.
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David Attenborough
British Journalist
I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work.
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Ariel Levy
American Writer
I'm not a polemicist; I had no business writing a polemic.
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Ted Rall
American Cartoonist
I'm a better polemicist in prose.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
It isn't only in the name of free speech that the views of an itchy polemicist should be tolerated - and I say itchy polemicist promoting thought, not itchy ideologue promoting violence - but because provocation is indispensable to the workings of a sound, creative culture.
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David Attenborough
British Journalist
I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work.
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Ariel Levy
American Writer
I'm not a polemicist; I had no business writing a polemic.
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Ted Rall
American Cartoonist
I'm a better polemicist in prose.
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