8 Letter Words for Polemics
clipsome, compiles, complies, polemics
7 Letter Words for Polemics
compels, compile, lepomis, mesopic, polemic, polices
6 Letter Words for Polemics
celoms, climes, clipes, clipse, clomps, colies, compel, copies, impels, impose, limose, melics, mespil, moiles, molies, molise, peliom, pilose, poleis, police, polies, simple, smoile, splice
5 Letter Words for Polemics
ceils, celom, ciels, clems, clies, clime, clipe, clips, cloes, clomp, clops, close, coils, coles, comes, comps, copei, copes, copis, copse, cosie, elops, eolic, epics, epsom, impel, limes, limos, limps, lipse, loipe, lomes, lopes, melic, melis, melos, mesic, micos, miles, milos, misce, moile, moils, moise, moles, molpe, mopes, mosel, oleic, olpes, osmic, pecos, piles, pisco, pismo, pleis, plies, plims, ploce, poems, poils, poise, poles, polis, pomel, pomes, scelp, sclim, scope, semic, sepic, sicle, slice, slime, slipe, slope, smile, smilo, socle, solei, speil, spice, spiel, spile, spoil, spole
4 Letter Words for Polemics
ceil, cels, ceps, ciel, cipo, clem, clep, clio, clip, clop, clos, coes, coil, cole, coli, colp, cols, come, coml, comp, coms, cope, cops, cose, csmp, ecol, elms, emic, emos, epic, epil, epos, esop, ices, imps, iocs, ipse, ipso, isle, leis, leos, leps, lice, lies, lime, limo, limp, lipe, lips, lisp, loci, lome, lope, lops, lose, meio, mels, meso, mice, mico, mics, mile, milo, mils, mips, misc, miso, mocs, moes, moil, mole, mols, mope, mops, mose, msec, oeci, oils, oime, oles, olms, olpe, opec, opes, pecs, peso, pice, pico, pics, pies, pile, pilm, pise, piso, plie, plim, poem, poil, pois, pole, pols, pome, poms, pose, psec, scil, scop, seco, seil, semi, sice, sile, silo, sime, simp, siol, sipe, slim, slip, sloe, slop, soce, soil, sole, some, sope, spec, spic, spie
3 Letter Words for Polemics
cel, ceo, cep, cie, cis, cli, clo, cml, col, com, cop, cos, cpi, cpl, cpm, cpo, cps, csi, csp, ecm, eco, eli, elm, els, emo, emp, ems, eom, eos, epi, esc, esm, esp, ice, ile, ilo, imo, imp, ios, ipl, ipm, ipo, ips, ise, isl, ism, iso, lcm, lei, lem, leo, lep, les, lie, lim, lip, lis, loc, loe, lop, los, lpm, lsc, mei, mel, mes, mic, mil, mis, mls, moc, moe, moi, mol, mop, mos, msl, oes, oie, oil, ois, ole, olm, olp, oms, ope, ops, ose, osi, pci, pcm, pec, pel, pes, pic, pie, pil, pis, pli, pms, poi, pol, pom, pos, psi, sci, sec, sei, sel, sem, sep, sic, sie, sil, sim, sip, sle, sml, soc, sol, som, sop, spl
Definitions for Polemics
[1] the art or practice of disputation or controversy: a master of polemics.
[2] the branch of theology dealing with the history or conduct of ecclesiastical disputation and controversy.
[3] a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
[4] a person who argues in opposition to another; controversialist.
[5] Also po·lem·i·cal. of or relating to a polemic; controversial.
[6] (functioning as singular) the art or practice of dispute or argument, as in attacking or defending a doctrine or belief
[7] of or involving dispute or controversy
[8] an argument or controversy, esp over a doctrine, belief, etc
[9] a person engaged in such an argument or controversy
Words related to Polemics
spat, eristic, belligerent, contrary, bicker, tiff, ruckus, scene, wrangle, hassle, go, face-off, debate, row, beef, rhubarb, scrap, fight, altercation, out
Words nearby Polemics
polecat, poleis, polemarch, polemic, polemicize, polemics, polemist, polemize, polemology, polemoniaceous, polenta
Origin of Polemics
1630–40; < Greek polemikós of or for war, equivalent to pólem(os ) war + -ikos -ic
Other words from Polemics
po·lem·i·cal·ly , adverb
non·po·lem·ic , noun, adjective
non·po·lem·i·cal , adjective
non·po·lem·i·cal·ly , adverb
o·ver·po·lem·i·cal , adjective
o·ver·po·lem·i·cal·ly , adverb
un·po·lem·ic , adjective
un·po·lem·i·cal , adjective
un·po·lem·i·cal·ly , adverb
Word origin for Polemics
C17: from Medieval Latin polemicus, from Greek polemikos relating to war, from polemos war
Synonyms for Polemics
belligerent, contrary, eristic, combative, contentious, controversial, disputatious, factious, fire-eating, having a chip on one's shoulder, litigious, opinionated, polemical, pugnacious, quarrelsome, salty, scrappy, spiky, touchy
