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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His shockingly vile interview with Anderson Cooper, where his brief and unpersuasive show of remorse leads into a diatribe against Johnson, adds fuel to the fire, but Shelly’s sneaky use of a cognitive test to expose his dementia gives her the edge in court.Scott Tobias, Vulture, 2 July 2024
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Incidentally, Gutierrez must surely now hold the show’s record for most f-words emphatically uttered in a single diatribe, and that’s saying something.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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Some Israelis demand cease-fire deal, return of hostages Netanyahu faces mounting pressure and criticism from Israelis frustrated with the lack of a cease-fire deal to secure the release of the around 100 remaining hostages in Gaza as the war has raged for more than a year.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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Taliban Pushback Read more Taliban ISIS Takes Advantage of Rebel Gains in Syria, US Allies Warn In response to international criticism, Taliban officials defended their policies as being consistent with Islamic values and Afghan culture.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 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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In 2019, the WNBA opened an investigation after complaints surfaced that LA Sparks GM Penny Toler used profanity and racial slurs in a tirade against players.Gabriella Levine, Forbes, 27 Nov. 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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Many of those voters, dissatisfied with inflation’s eruption since the pandemic, voted for Trump in a rebuke to Biden.Bryan Mena, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
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President-elect Donald Trump's selection of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his Health and Human Services secretary drew a rebuke Friday from his one-time Vice President Mike Pence.Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Polemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polemic. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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