as in diatribe
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Examples of polemic in a Sentence
These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
illustrate current usage. Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of
Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback
about these examples.
Recent Examples on the Web
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
Pierre-Stéphane Fort, who wrote a book on Bardella, quotes a photographer who took a photo of an 18-year-old Bardella with Jean-Marine Le Pen in December 2013, a time when the elder Le Pen’s polemics were well known.
—Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
Featuring one of Dern’s sweetest performances, Fat Man and Little Boy is an inert World War II polemic about the secretive Manhattan Project.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 8 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for polemic 
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
Pierre-Stéphane Fort, who wrote a book on Bardella, quotes a photographer who took a photo of an 18-year-old Bardella with Jean-Marine Le Pen in December 2013, a time when the elder Le Pen’s polemics were well known.
—Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
Featuring one of Dern’s sweetest performances, Fat Man and Little Boy is an inert World War II polemic about the secretive Manhattan Project.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 8 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for polemic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polemic
Noun
-
The diatribe culminated in one of the event’s loudest applauses—when Trump pledged to pursue capital punishment against murderous migrants.Eric Cortellessa / Gastonia, TIME, 3 Nov. 2024
-
Putting Sir Porritt’s diatribe aside, its essence seems straightforward and sensible to me.Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Noun
-
Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum are brushing off blistering criticism of the network that has come from former President Trump in the hours before Election night 2024.Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
-
Kyle Petty, who brings decades of experience in NASCAR, justified the ruling despite criticism from some.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
-
West has been persona non grata in much of mainstream public life after launching a series of antisemitic tirades online in 2022.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
-
Somewhere behind me, or off in a secondary control room designated for the lower-level story producers, there were certainly people tracking Hannah’s soapbox tirade.Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
-
More remarkably, Murphy appeals to white audiences while doing routines that border on anti-white harangues.Chet Flippo, Vulture, 3 July 2024
-
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
Noun
-
And if the president refuses to compromise, the next congressional election (just two years from now) could bring about quite a rebuke.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
-
Ferré went on with a scathing rebuke of Trump’s behavior and its potential consequences.Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
Thesaurus Entries Near polemic
Cite this Entry
“Polemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polemic. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share