as in diatribe
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Recent Examples of polemic
The novelist uses his ample literary talents to explore what cannot be rendered by polemic: a picture of two people, two lives, caught up in civilizational forces beyond them.
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Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2024
One of the earliest polemics by the notoriously pugilistic cultural critic, who died in 2011, it was originally published in 1987 under the title Imperial Spoils: The Curious Case of the Elgin Marbles and reissued once before, in 2008, under its current title.
—Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
The recipe is simple: join social media groups and subscribe to online news sources filled with people who think exactly like you and spend all day in those spaces blasting political polemics into your eyeballs.
—Tracy Hresko Pearl, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2025
The question distinguishes the essay from the less adventurous forms of expository prose—the dissertation, the polemic, the article, the campaign speech, the tract, the op-ed, the arrest warrant, the hotel bill.
—Harper’s Magazine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
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Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2024
One of the earliest polemics by the notoriously pugilistic cultural critic, who died in 2011, it was originally published in 1987 under the title Imperial Spoils: The Curious Case of the Elgin Marbles and reissued once before, in 2008, under its current title.
—Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
The recipe is simple: join social media groups and subscribe to online news sources filled with people who think exactly like you and spend all day in those spaces blasting political polemics into your eyeballs.
—Tracy Hresko Pearl, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2025
The question distinguishes the essay from the less adventurous forms of expository prose—the dissertation, the polemic, the article, the campaign speech, the tract, the op-ed, the arrest warrant, the hotel bill.
—Harper’s Magazine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polemic
Noun
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Who can forget Miranda’s diatribe on cerulean blue?—
Hamish Bowles,
Vogue,
6 Dec. 2024
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Vance then launched into a wide-ranging diatribe about freedom of speech being shackled in Europe.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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Focus on professional factors rather than personal criticisms.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Prominent pro-Israel voices, as well as critics of Israel, defended the movie — or at least called on their allies to tone down the criticism.—
Ben Sales,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2025
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After a week of social media tirades and tense microphone diplomacy, the gruesome battle has somehow faded into the background.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
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The same players refusing to step on the badge in the name of sportsmanship will, two hours later, be throwing themselves to the floor clutching their face in an attempt to get an opponent sent off and aiming a tirade of profanities at the referee.—
Ali Rampling,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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The Americans were prepared for a lecture from Russia’s longtime foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, who is well known for his tedious harangues.—
Michael Crowley,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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But as the threats to women’s reproductive health have come out of Washington, one after another, Cecile Richards has had to be everywhere at once: traveling around the country to meet patients and making constant trips to Washington to educate, lobby, and harangue members of Congress.—
Jonathan Van Meter,
Vogue,
20 Jan. 2025
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That news elicited a strong rebuke from European leaders, who had been secretly planning retaliatory measures since last summer in anticipation of just such action.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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By that point, however, such rhetoric was commonplace among Russia’s growing movement of neo-imperialists, and a rebuke from the traditional intelligentsia was a badge of honor.—
James Verini,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Polemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polemic. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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