polemicize

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verb

To engage in argument.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

verbpolemicize (third-person singular simple present polemicizes, present participle polemicizing, simple past and past participle polemicized)

present singular third person polemicizes · participle present polemicizing · participle past polemicized · past polemicized · alternative polemicise

  1. intransitiveTo engage in argument.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbengage in a controversy

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Catalan polemitzar
  • polemitzarto engage in argument
Finnish polemisoida
  • polemisoidato engage in argument
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APA

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Chicago

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

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