as in diatribe
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Recent Examples of polemic
Hailing from the Company Flow school of post-apocalyptic rap deconstruction, the New Yorkers smash together surrealism and polemic in songs whose harmonious soul samples belie an inescapable sense of dread.
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2024
Less structured discussions of controversial ideas often devolve into vociferous polemics that can often be described as arguments.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The new film is a drama that is a callback to his early films Margin Call, A Most Violent Year and Triple Frontier, in terms of the polemics of capitalism.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2024
But Breton was an odd duck, forever flitting between polemic and clenched restraint: apparently, the man who trumpeted the aesthetics of louche, feral freedom had no taste for drugs, brothels, or staying out late.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2024
Less structured discussions of controversial ideas often devolve into vociferous polemics that can often be described as arguments.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The new film is a drama that is a callback to his early films Margin Call, A Most Violent Year and Triple Frontier, in terms of the polemics of capitalism.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2024
But Breton was an odd duck, forever flitting between polemic and clenched restraint: apparently, the man who trumpeted the aesthetics of louche, feral freedom had no taste for drugs, brothels, or staying out late.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polemic
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Katie doesn’t wait for an answer, launching into a page-and-a-half diatribe against her sibling.Azazel Jacobs, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Corrie mostly reports on daily events, but the play allows her one diatribe, in the form of a message to her mother.Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2024
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Israel faces heavy international criticism over the unprecedented levels of civilian deaths in Gaza.Melanie Lidman and Waafa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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Francis has long welcomed frank and open debates and even has welcomed criticism of his own work.CBS News, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
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The man continued his angry tirade and, eventually, Kelce left his car to approach the group of people to sign their items.Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024
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Morelle also openly spoke out against Mace's recent tirade to ban transgender lawmakers from using the bathroom of their choice.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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More remarkably, Murphy appeals to white audiences while doing routines that border on anti-white harangues.Chet Flippo, Vulture, 3 July 2024
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People with competing views talk past one another or, worse, as has been happening on campuses, especially since last October, harangue, harass, and silence each other.Lincoln Caplan, The New Yorker, 4 July 2024
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The comment drew a rebuke from Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry, who said the force is burned out and drained by waves of retirements.Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Los Angeles Unified school principals — saying their workload is too heavy and the pressure to raise student achievement, manage complex budgets and keep campuses safe is too intense — have voted to join the Teamsters union in a rebuke to the leadership of Supt.Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Polemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polemic. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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