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

This sense of relinquishment — of setting aside reason to take up freedom — is what drives Phyllis and also works on her author in the middle of her late career: the freedom from having to polemicize and explain.

From Los Angeles Times

Abramowitz doesn’t polemicize; he simply lays out the facts.

From Washington Post

I don’t want to polemicize what makes a country a country, but I think we can all agree it’s more than just a bit of information on an external drive floating around aimlessly somewhere.

From Slate

Asked on BFM-TV about the Greenpeace operation, she re-affirmed the 2025 date and said "there's no need to polemicize it."

From US News

Altman, by contrast, feels free to polemicize in the more receptive atmosphere that Miller helped create.

From Time Magazine Archive