polemic

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• /pəˈlɛmɪk/
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From French polémique, from Ancient Greek πολεμικός (polemikós, “of war”), from πόλεμος (pólemos, “war”). By surface analysis, polem- + -ic.

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: полемичен (polemičen) — having the characteristics of a polemic
• Catalan: polèmic — having the characteristics of a polemic
• Danish: polemisk — having the characteristics of a polemic
• Esperanto: polemika — having the characteristics of a polemic
• Finnish: poleeminen — having the characteristics of a polemic
• French: polémique — having the characteristics of a polemic
• German: polemisch — having the characteristics of a polemic
• Indonesian: polemik — having the characteristics of a polemic
• Italian: polemico — having the characteristics of a polemic
• Norwegian Bokmål: polemisk — having the characteristics of a polemic
• Norwegian Nynorsk: polemisk — having the characteristics of a polemic
• Portuguese: polémico — having the characteristics of a polemic
• Portuguese: polêmico — having the characteristics of a polemic
• Spanish: polémico — having the characteristics of a polemic
• Swedish: polemisk — having the characteristics of a polemic
• Afrikaans: polemiek — strong written or verbal attack
• Belarusian: пале́міка (paljémika) — strong written or verbal attack
• Bulgarian: спор (spor) — strong written or verbal attack
• Bulgarian: полемика (polemika) — strong written or verbal attack
• Catalan: polèmica — strong written or verbal attack
• Chinese Mandarin: 論戰 /论战 (lùnzhàn) — strong written or verbal attack
• Czech: polemika — strong written or verbal attack
• Danish: polemik — strong written or verbal attack
• Dutch: polemiek — strong written or verbal attack
• Esperanto: polemiko — strong written or verbal attack
• Finnish: polemiikki — strong written or verbal attack
• French: polémique — strong written or verbal attack
• Georgian: პოლემიკა (ṗolemiḳa) — strong written or verbal attack
• German: Polemik — strong written or verbal attack
• Hindi: खंडन (khaṇḍan) — strong written or verbal attack
• Hindi: खंडन-मंडन (khaṇḍan-maṇḍan) — strong written or verbal attack
• Icelandic: deilurit — strong written or verbal attack
• Italian: polemica — strong written or verbal attack
• Japanese: 論争 (ronsō) — strong written or verbal attack
• Macedonian: полемика (polemika) — strong written or verbal attack
• Malay: ڤوليميک — strong written or verbal attack
• Malay: polemik — strong written or verbal attack
• Norwegian Bokmål: polemikk — strong written or verbal attack
• Norwegian Nynorsk: polemikk — strong written or verbal attack
• Polish: polemika — strong written or verbal attack
• Portuguese: polémica — strong written or verbal attack
• Portuguese: polêmica — strong written or verbal attack
• Russian: поле́мика (polémika) — strong written or verbal attack
• Spanish: polémica — strong written or verbal attack
• Swedish: polemik — strong written or verbal attack
• Turkish: polemik — strong written or verbal attack
• Ukrainian: поле́міка (polémika) — strong written or verbal attack
• Welsh: polemeg — strong written or verbal attack