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po·lem·i·cist

 (pə-lĕm′ĭ-sĭst) also po·lem·ist (pə-lĕm′ĭst, pŏl′ə-mĭst)
n.
A person skilled or involved in polemics.
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pol•e•mist

(ˈpɒl ə mɪst, pəˈlɛm ɪst, poʊ-)

n.
a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
Also, po•lem•i•cist (pəˈlɛm ə sɪst, poʊ-)
[1815–25; < Greek polemistḗs warrior =pólem(os) war + -istēs -ist]
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polemicist, polemist

a skilled debater in speech or writing. — polemical, adj.
See also: Argumentation
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.polemist - a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
polemic, polemicist
author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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The rest of the book in devoted to his writings as a philosopher, biblical commentator, linguist, poet, man of Halakhah, and polemist and publicist.
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(2005): 'The Internet, alternative public sphere and political dynamism: Korea's non-gaek (polemist ) websites', in The Pacific Review, 18 (3), 393-415.
El discurso etnico del odio se difundio por las redes. Analisis de las discusiones politicas en las redes sociales durante las elecciones generales de 2013 en Kenia.
Ferdinand isn't any old polemist complaining about the bankers, the aristocracy, all those at the top.
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Philosopher Onfray discusses religion at CCF lecture in Beirut
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The destruction of the medieval castle of otepaa in the light of written and archaeological sources/otepaa piiskopilinnuse havimisdaatumist kirjalike ja arheoloogiliste allikate valguses
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