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Meaning of "polemicist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POLEMICIST

polemicist  [pəˈlɛmɪsɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLEMICIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Polemicist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POLEMICIST 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 polemicist in the English dictionary

The definition of polemicist in the dictionary is a person who argues in opposition to others, esp over a doctrine, belief, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLEMICIST


aerodynamicist
ˌɛərəʊdaɪˈnæmɪsɪst
astrodynamicist
ˌæstrəʊdaɪˈnæmɪsɪst
astrophysicist
ˌæstrəʊˈfɪzɪsɪst
bassist
ˈbeɪsɪst
ceramicist
sɪˈræmɪsɪst
classicist
ˈklæsɪsɪst
dynamicist
daɪˈnæmɪsɪst
empiricist
ɪmˈpɪrɪsɪst
ethicist
ˈɛθɪsɪst
geneticist
dʒɪˈnɛtɪsɪst
geodynamicist
ˌdʒiːəʊdaɪˈnæmɪsɪst
geophysicist
ˌdʒiːəʊˈfɪzɪsɪst
hydrodynamicist
ˌhaɪdrəʊdaɪˈnæmɪsɪst
lyricist
ˈlɪrɪsɪst
petrophysicist
ˌpetrəʊˈfɪzɪsɪst
phonemicist
fəˈniːmɪsɪst
physicist
ˈfɪzɪsɪst
publicist
ˈpʌblɪsɪst
racist
ˈreɪsɪst
romanticist
rəʊˈmæntɪsɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLEMICIST

poleax
poleaxe
polecat
poleis
poleless
polemarch
polemic
polemical
polemically
polemicise
polemicize
polemics
polemist
polemize
polemoniaceous
polemonium
polenta
poler
poles apart
poleward

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLEMICIST

Atlanticist
bioethicist
biophysicist
Celticist
cytogeneticist
eugenicist
exorcist
hylicist
kenoticist
metaphysicist
molecular geneticist
mosaicist
neoclassicist
nuclear physicist
phallicist
psychicist
pyrrhicist
self-publicist
semanticist
technicist
theoretical physicist

Synonyms and antonyms of polemicist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «polemicist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLEMICIST

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

Translator English - Chinese

辩论家
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

polemista
570 millions of speakers

English

polemicist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

polemicist
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المجادل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полемист
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

polemista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

polemicise
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

polémiste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Polemik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Polemiker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

論客
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

논객
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Polemikise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

polemicist
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

polemicise
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वादविवाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

polemikler üretecek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

polemista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

polemista
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

полеміст
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

polemist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απολογητής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

polemikus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

polemicist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

polemiker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of polemicist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLEMICIST»

The term «polemicist» is normally little used and occupies the 118.660 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLEMICIST» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «POLEMICIST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word polemicist.
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Ted Rall
I'm a better polemicist in prose.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLEMICIST»

Discover the use of polemicist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polemicist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pseudo-Dionysius as Polemicist: The Development and Purpose ...
This book places him in his religious and political context in 6th century Syria, and uncovers the hidden agenda which lies behind his writings.
Rosemary A. Arthur, 2008
2
Vladimir Solov'ëv: Reconciler and Polemicist ; Selected ...
Specialists from Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Western Europe and the United States provide an intellectual reassessment of Vladimir Solov'ëv since the rediscovery of his philosophical heritage in his own homeland in the late 1980s.
William Peter van den Bercken, Manon de Courten, Evert van der Zweerde, 2000
3
Flavius Josephus on the Pharisees: A Composition-Critical Study
Hasmoneans.34 These observations led Holscher to propose that Josephus is here using a tendentious reworking of Nicolaus by a pro- Hasmonean Jewish polemicist. This polemicist was able to critique Nicolaus by consulting also a ...
Steve Mason, 2001
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Loose Canon
The Younger Polemicist logged off, grabbed a battered file folder stuffed with anonymous diatribes against the status-quo, and slipped into his plastic Korean sandals. The Old Polemicist dutifully accompanied his guru back out into the heat .
Charles Platt, 2001
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Exegesis as Polemical Discourse: Ibn Ḥazm on Jewish and ...
Are not the polemicist and adversary concerned above all else with their respective "sense of honor"? Brown and Levinson's formula provides a helpful tool for analyzing the contours of a particular polemic; it enables one to see an FTA in ...
Theodore Pulcini, Gary Laderman, 1998
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The New Covenant Torah in Jeremiah and the Law of Christ in Paul
Commenting on Jeremiah's New Covenant text and its Christian interpretation at the time, the polemicist writes, "And I will make a new covenant with Israel and with the house of Judah [Jer.31:31], Here the heretics defiantly say that he ...
Fẹmi Adeyẹmi, 2006
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Christianity, Empire, and the Making of Religion in Late ...
Lactantius describes the polemicist as a self-styled 'priest of philosophy' (antistes philosophiae). In the Letter to Marcella, which dates to the same period as the outbreak of the persecution, Porphyry states that “The only [true] priest is the wise  ...
Jeremy M. Schott, 2011
8
Polemics of Possession in Spanish American Narrative
CHAPTER. 3. Fray. Bartolomé. de. las. Casas,. Polemicist. and. Author. FRAY BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS (1484–1566) occupies a prominent place in this inquiry, not only because his writings were read by others, but also because he was ...
Rolena Adorno, 2007
9
Germaine Dulac: filmmaker, polemicist, theoretician
filmmaker, polemicist, theoretician Wendy Dozoretz. GERMAINE DULAC: FILMMAKER, POLEMICIST, THEORETICIAN by Wendy Dozoretz A dissertation in the Department of Cinema Studies submitted to the faculty of the Graduate School of ...
Wendy Dozoretz, 1982
10
The Qur'an: A Beginner's Guide
Attached to this last category is a polemicist, who really has little in common with the methodology of his sustainers, the revisionists, although the uncriticallover– and occasionally the critical lover as well (cf. Rahman,1984,88)– perhaps unfairly  ...
Farid Esack, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLEMICIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term polemicist is used in the context of the following news items.
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Economist Joseph Stiglitz not shocked by Labour lurch: The rise of …
Firebrand American polemicist Joseph Stiglitz was in town during an eyebrow-raising period for the British left. But while many in Westminster ... «City A.M., Jul 15»
2
MIFF 2015: Willem Dafoe enters the dark world of Italian film director …
Their new film, Pasolini, traces the last day in the life of Italian film director, essayist, poet and polemicist Pier Paolo Pasolini, with Dafoe in the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
Nicholson's Untruths
... his writings on Hinduism were objective evaluations when in fact they were, in Andrew Nicholson's words, the work of a 'Christian polemicist'. «Swarajya, Jul 15»
4
'The Global Minotaur', by Yanis Varoufakis
Along the way, this minotaur is deployed to explain everything that irks the leftist polemicist. The Wall Street mergers and acquisitions boom, the ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
5
Dave Neese: Lesson best learned - You can't say this and especially …
... brainy blonde (cum laude Cornell grad, U. of Michigan law journal editor), author of “Adios, America,” fearless, foolhardy or crazy polemicist. «The Trentonian, Jul 15»
6
New: Freedomland: One Country Under Guard
Call it, for want of a better phrase, a "musical tragedy," fueled with a polemicist's intensity, a Shakespearean reach, and a doo-wop dollop of ... «Berkeley Daily Planet, Jul 15»
7
Tyler Resch: Who was the real Ethan Allen?
Which was the real Ethan Allen: the brawler, the backwoods philosopher, the polemicist, the publicist, the propagandist, the prevaricator, the ... «vtdigger.org, Jul 15»
8
American Media and Ambassador Oren
... Netanyahu's right-wing coalition, transforms from a measured historian into a breathless polemicist.” Instead of focusing on the actual content ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
9
Jimmy's Hall brings jazz to the revolution
But Loach is no dreary polemicist, and Jimmy's Hall—shot on celluloid in Gralton's County Leitrim turf, an area still relatively unscathed by ... «Straight.com, Jul 15»
10
The inconvenient truths of Orthodox Judaism
Yet for all his provocative material, Shapiro is no polemicist. Although he compares Orthodox censorship with the Soviet kind — “what was ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»

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