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Definition of polemical adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

polemical

adjective

NAmE//pəˈlɛmɪkl//

(less frequent polemic) (formal)

involving strong arguments for or against something, often in opposition to the opinion of others a polemical attack

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