polemist
[pol-uh-mist, puh-lem-ist, poh-]
- a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
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Also po·lem·i·cist [puh-lem-uh-sist, poh-] /pəˈlɛm ə sɪst, poʊ-/.
Origin of polemist
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Examples from the Web for polemicist
Contemporary Examples
A few weeks prior to our meeting, a gunman attempted to kill Lars Hedegaard, a well-known anti-Islam polemicist in Denmark.
The second point, also difficult to disprove, seems irrelevant to the job of polemicist.
It's an opportune moment for her to retire as a polemicist and start a third act in public life.
Historical Examples
As a matter of fact, the Christian polemicist's authority in this instance was Varro.
The Oriental Religions in Roman PaganismFranz Cumont
Word Origin and History for polemicist
n.
1859, American English formation parallel to polemist (1825), from Greek polemistes "a warrior," from polemizein "to wage war, to make war."
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