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PRONUNCIATION OF POLEMICALLY

polemically  [pəˈlɛmɪkəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLEMICALLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Polemically is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES POLEMICALLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Polemic

A polemic /pəˈlɛmɪk/ is a contentious argument that is intended to establish the truth of a specific understanding and the falsity of the contrary position. Polemics are mostly seen in arguments about very controversial topics. The art or practice of such argumentation is called polemics. A person who often writes polemics, or who speaks polemically, is a polemicist or a polemic. The word is derived from the Greek πολεμικός, meaning "warlike, hostile", which comes from πόλεμος, "war".

Definition of polemically in the English dictionary

The definition of polemically in the dictionary is in a polemical manner.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLEMICALLY


aerodynamically
ˈɛərəʊdaɪˈnæmɪkəlɪ
agronomically
ˌæɡrəˈnɒmɪkəlɪ
alchemically
ælˈkɛmɪkəlɪ
autonomically
ˌɔːtəˈnɒmɪkəlɪ
biochemically
ˌbaɪəʊˈkemɪkəlɪ
comically
ˈkɒmɪkəlɪ
dynamically
daɪˈnæmɪkəlɪ
economically
ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪkəlɪ
electrochemically
ɪˌlektrəʊˈkemɪkəlɪ
histochemically
ˌhɪstəʊˈkɛmɪkəlɪ
logarithmically
ˌlɒɡəˈrɪðmɪkəlɪ
petrochemically
ˌpɛtrəʊˈkɛmɪkəlɪ
photochemically
ˌfəʊtəʊˈkemɪkəlɪ
rhythmically
ˈrɪðmɪkəlɪ
seismically
ˈsaɪzmɪkəlɪ
socioeconomically
ˌsəʊsiəʊˌɛkəˈnɒmɪkəlɪ
systemically
sɪsˈtɛmɪkəlɪ
taxonomically
ˌtæksəˈnɒmɪkəlɪ
thermodynamically
ˌθɜːməʊdaɪˈnæmɪkəlɪ
totemically
təʊˈtɛmɪkəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLEMICALLY

pole-vaulter
pole-vaulting
poleax
poleaxe
polecat
poleis
poleless
polemarch
polemic
polemical
polemicise
polemicist
polemicize
polemics
polemist
polemize
polemoniaceous
polemonium
polenta
poler

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLEMICALLY

actually
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basically
clinically
critically
dramatically
drastically
electronically
fantastically
historically
locally
periodically
physically
politically
practically
specifically
statistically
technically
tragically
typically

Synonyms and antonyms of polemically in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «polemically» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLEMICALLY

Find out the translation of polemically to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of polemically from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «polemically» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

论辩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

polémicamente
570 millions of speakers

English

polemically
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

polemically
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

polemically
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полемически
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

polemicamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিতর্কমূলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

polémique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Polemik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

polemisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

polemically
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

polemically
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Polemik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

polemically
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இந்த தர்க்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॉलिकॅमीकल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

polemik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

polemicamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

polemicznie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

полемічно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

polemic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιθετικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

polemically
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

polemiskt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

polemisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of polemically

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLEMICALLY»

The term «polemically» is normally little used and occupies the 142.201 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLEMICALLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about polemically

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLEMICALLY»

Discover the use of polemically in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polemically and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hölderlin After the Catastrophe: Heidegger, Adorno, Brecht
Understanding. Polemically. The polemic surfaces from its anonymity on a single occasion in "Parataxis." It follows a discussion of Holderlin's formal, stylistic, and syntactic innovations focused on the paratactic scars that furrow the late work.
Robert Ian Savage, 2008
2
Theorizing the Moving Image
By manipulating the visual medium the avant-garde filmmaker is able to latch onto polemically charged words and phrases from the tumultuous aesthetic arena that supplies the context for the films. For example, the filmmaker may submit ...
Noel Carroll, 1996
3
Science and the gospel, or, The church and the nations: a ...
Speculative or Philosophical Ethics. (2) Polemically considered : — a. History, classification, and discussion of the errors and heresies relating to the nature and fact of sin as bearing upon ethical inquiry. iv. SANCTIONAL Ethics ; or, The Ethics  ...
Anglican and International Christian Moral Science Association, 1870
4
Henry James and the Father Question
Despite the disorientating sense of personal incapacity induced by the fact of experience, even in the midst of such powerful sensations of helplessness Emerson insists on promoting a positive outlook: 'I say this polemically, or in reply to the ...
Andrew Taylor, 2002
5
The Boxmaker's Revenge: 'orthodoxy', 'heterodoxy', and the ...
But the fact that Denison's image of Etherington was polemically constructed, produced and conditioned as much by Denison's own position and relationship to the wider political and polemical contexts of the 1620s, as by anything Etherington ...
Peter Lake, 2001
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Authority in Question: Analysis of a Polemical Controversy ...
If not, then they are likely to react polemically. If in fact they do belong to some highly organized environment, the question of whether they holding dominant or marginal positions is important to consider. Whereas dominant intellectuals usually ...
Hans van de Breevaart, 2005
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"They Went Out from Us": The Identity of the Opponents in ...
Schmid endeavors to read the text "as an entity in itself ("Non-Polemically," 26). He believes the passages which discuss the opponents are not caused by something outside the text (i.e., historical opponents, or a historical secession) but ...
Daniel R. Streett, 2008
8
They Went Out from Us: The Identity of the Opponents in ...
Zu Konstruktion und Selbstreferenz im johanneischen Sinnsystem (BWANT 159; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2002); Schmid, “Non-Polemically”; Neufeld, Reconceiving ; Perkins, Epistles; Witetschek, “Pappkameraden”; to some extent, Lieu, ...
Daniel R. Streett, 2011
9
I Want to Live These Days with You: A Year of Daily Devotions
This unity is preserved by the fact that the secular and the Christian mutually forbid any static independence of the one from the other; that is, they behave polemically toward each other and in this very way bear witness to their common reality, ...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 2007
10
In Search of Authority: Anglican Theological Method from the ...
In doctrinal matters, he uses the Fathers mainly polemically; in biblical exegesis, mainly non-polemically. But there is evidence of a change of attitude approximately mid-career, when he moves from deploying patristic texts largely polemically ...
Paul Avis, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLEMICALLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term polemically is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Will Intellectual Combat Ever Top William Buckley vs. Gore Vidal? A …
“I based the entire style polemically upon you — passionate and irrelevant.” This irked Buckley, and even more so his wife, who complained, ... «New York Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Duties of care in the study of literature.
... with it other habits of outlook simply because of the ambiguity and aura of the term so polemically dismissed. If our educational 'humanities', ... «The Fortnightly Review, Jul 15»
3
Richard Prince Sold Strangers' Instagram Photos For $90k -- And It's …
It's easy to come down polemically on one side of Prince's show, but those gut reactions tend to conflate two things: legality and aesthetic merit. «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
4
Evolutionary biology can't prove any theory about how Sanskrit …
The way you have so polemically dumped the alternative theories reeks of a bigoted agenda. The author seems to be a twenty-something with ... «Scroll.in, Jun 15»
5
Fishing, it's not just an industry, it's our lifeblood
To put this slightly polemically, one might say that when an advantage is given to all, it is no longer an advantage. Consequently, this matter ... «The Arctic Journal, Jun 15»
6
Ismail Lagardien
Sometime during the early 1990s, I wrote, provocatively and polemically about a sibilance of shedders that was heard across Pretoria, as the ... «Daily Maverick, Jun 15»
7
Emma Bennett To Open At Charlie Smith London
... Klaipėda; The Future Can Wait presents: Polemically Small, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance (curated by Zavier Ellis, Edward Lucie-Smith, ... «ArtLyst, Jun 15»
8
Netanyahu: World Must Back 'Settlement Bloc' Construction
Kahane was a man, he would have polemically wiped the floor with you! That's why YOU are glad he's dead! But that's post Zionisn, 16 Altelena ... «Arutz Sheva, May 15»
9
Pallas' Major Barbara gets minor 30's remake (review)
Shaw's polemically socialist play is not just an excellent fit for the class and race-based strife of today, but it also a bold programming choice ... «DC Theatre Scene, May 15»
10
The 'us' and 'them'
After all these years, polemically, civil society may mean different things to different academics, but in popular public imagination when we say ... «The News on Sunday, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Polemically [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/polemically>. Apr 2024 ».
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