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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Polemics

/pōl-ĕm'-ĭks/ · Po·lem·ics · IPA /pəˈlɛm.ɪks/
01 n. The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to t…
  1. 1.
    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.