polemic (puh-lem-ik)- noun
The word polemic means " a controversial argument, especially one refuting or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine."
Was first used in the written form around 1630-1640. Comes from the Greek word polemikós, meaning "hostile," from polemis, meaning "war."
**"The worst offense that can be committed by a polemic is to stigmatize those who hold a contrary opinion as bad and immoral men." - John Stuart Mill
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