verb
- to engage in or write a polemic; to argue or dispute in a heated or aggressive manner about a controversial topic
Usage: chiefly British spelling (American: polemicize); transitive or intransitive
Examples
- The scholar chose to polemicise against the prevailing theory in her latest book.
- He tends to polemicise rather than seek common ground in discussions.
- Critics polemicised the government's new policy from multiple angles.
- Rather than polemicise, she preferred to present evidence calmly.
- The author polemicised against what she saw as outdated academic practices.
- They polemicised for hours about the merits of the proposed reform.