polemist
[ pol-uh-mist, puh-lem-ist, poh- ]
/ ˈpɒl ə mɪst, pəˈlɛm ɪst, poʊ- /
noun
a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
Nearby words
- polemic,
- polemical,
- polemicist,
- polemicize,
- polemics,
- polemize,
- polemology,
- polemoniaceous,
- polenta,
- poler
Also po·lem·i·cist [puh-lem-uh-sist, poh-] /pəˈlɛm ə sɪst, poʊ-/.
Origin of polemist
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for polemicist
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.
As a matter of fact, the Christian polemicist's authority in this instance was Varro.
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism|Franz Cumont
polemicist
1859, American English formation parallel to polemist (1825), from Greek polemistes "a warrior," from polemizein "to wage war, to make war."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper