polemicize

[ puh-lem-uh-sahyz, poh- ]

verb (used without object)

, po·lem·i·cized, po·lem·i·ciz·ing.

1. to practice the art of disputation; to engage in polemics polemics or controversy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of polemicize¹

First recorded in 1945–50; polemic + -ize

Example Sentences

One of the key words in the contemporary lexicon is “performative,” which functions in the more heavily polemicized zones of the internet as a fancy synonym for “insincere.”

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The human resources director encouraged managers to place on leave employees who “polemicized” or insisted on wearing protective gear “even when they are not required to,” according to an email submitted as evidence.

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Throughout the book, Zemmour polemicizes against the cultural decay that he believes ensued: the “creeping feminization” of society, which prioritized consensus over authority, peace over war and the individual over the family.

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While fundamentalist faiths cast science as a misguided or even malicious source of information, polemicizing scientists argue that religion isn’t just wrong or meaningless but also dangerous.

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Changing the system, Evola argued, was “not a question of contesting and polemicizing, but of blowing everything up.”

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