polemicize

especially British, po·lem·i·cise

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

verb (used without object)

polemicized, polemicizing 

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

The image of Ginsberg that vividly emerges is that of an angry, bushily bearded man, polemicizing about corporations and the Times’s malign influence, and often breaking out in spiritualist chanting, all to Hujar’s profound disinterest.

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Your purpose can’t be to polemicize, but to begin a dialogue.

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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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