polemicise

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A form of polemicize — To engage in argument.

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polemizepolemisepolemicize
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Meanings

verbpolemicise (third-person singular simple present polemicises, present participle polemicising, simple past and past participle polemicised)

present singular third person polemicises · participle present polemicising · participle past polemicised · past polemicised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of polemicize.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbengage in a controversy

Similar
polemizepolemisepolemicize
Broader
quarreldisputescrap
Also see
polemicizepolemize

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From polemic + -ise. By surface analysis, polem- + -ic + -ise.

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APA

polemicise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polemicise

MLA

“polemicise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polemicise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polemicise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polemicise.

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