1. people who engage in controversial argument, especially attacking or refuting the opinions or principles of another
Usage: plural of polemicist

Examples

• The political polemicists dominated the television debate with their fierce arguments.
• Religious polemicists have been writing passionate defenses of their beliefs for centuries.
• The newspaper hired several polemicists to write opinion pieces on controversial topics.
• Academic polemicists often engage in heated scholarly disputes.
• The conference brought together polemicists from different political parties.
• Literary polemicists used their writing to challenge social conventions.