a. [ Gr. &unr_; warlike, fr.&unr_; war: cf. F. polémique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sarcasms and invectives of the young polemic. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A polemic argument or controversy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Polemic; controversial; disputatious. -- Po*lem"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Polemical and impertinent disputations. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

n. A polemic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. polémique. ] The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy. [ 1913 Webster ]