polemics
1Polemics — Po*lem ics, n. [Cf. F. pol[ e]mique.] The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy. [1913 Webster] …
2polemics — index argument (contention), contest (dispute), controversy (argument), disaccord, disagreement …
3polemics — [pō lem′iks, pəlem′iks] n. [see POLEMIC & ICS] [sometimes with pl. v.] the art or practice of disputation or controversy …
4polemics — /peuh lem iks, poh /, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the art or practice of disputation or controversy: a master of polemics. 2. the branch of theology dealing with the history or conduct of ecclesiastical disputation and controversy. Cf. irenics.… …
5polemics — n.pl. the art or practice of controversial discussion. * * * noun the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors • Hypernyms: ↑Christian theology * * * n debate, dispute, argument, controversy, contention, argumentation… …
6POLEMICS AND POLEMICAL LITERATURE — There were internal polemics with Jewish sectarians in the talmudic and post talmudic periods, and a rich Jewish polemical literature in the Middle Ages. It does not include the continuous and sustained controversies which characterize rabbinical …
7polemics per se — argument for the sake of argument, polemics for the sake of it …
8polemics — noun a) The art or practice of making arguments or controversies b) The refutation of errors in theological doctrine …
9polemics — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. debate, contention, argument; see discussion 1 …
10polemics — po lem·ics || pÉ™ lemɪks n. art of argument, debate po·lem·ic || pÉ™ lemɪk n. argument; dispute; controversy; one who tends to argue or dispute adj. argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome, disputatious …
