polemic/pəˈlɛmɪk/Learn to pronouncenoun
polemic(pəˈlɛmɪk)
adjof or involving dispute or controversy
n1. an argument or controversy, esp over a doctrine, belief, etc
2. a person engaged in such an argument or controversy[C17: from Medieval Latin polemicus, from Greek polemikos relating to war, from polemos war]
poˈlemicallyadvpolemicist, polemistn