as in diatribe
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Recent Examples of polemic
Amazon In this scathing polemic, Blanc traces the origins of the international conservation movement to the colonial era and argues that conservation organizations have exhibited a complete disregard for the welfare of people in Africa.
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Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
How the true account of his injuries gets massaged, gradually, insidiously, into an entirely different story gives Jude’s film its true nerve, and teeth, without polemics.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
Venice’s first day of charging a fee to enter the historic center went mostly smoothly, but there were some protests and polemics.
—Adam Liptak Nicole Hong Michael Rothfeld Peter Baker, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Biologist Paul Ehrlich appeared on The Tonight Show to tout The Population Bomb, his 1968 polemic about human numbers run amok.
—Ben Goldfarb, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
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Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
How the true account of his injuries gets massaged, gradually, insidiously, into an entirely different story gives Jude’s film its true nerve, and teeth, without polemics.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
Venice’s first day of charging a fee to enter the historic center went mostly smoothly, but there were some protests and polemics.
—Adam Liptak Nicole Hong Michael Rothfeld Peter Baker, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Biologist Paul Ehrlich appeared on The Tonight Show to tout The Population Bomb, his 1968 polemic about human numbers run amok.
—Ben Goldfarb, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polemic
Noun
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Owens went on a diatribe against Tessitore, accusing him of kissing Cody’s ass.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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In a speech shortly after his inauguration on Monday, the new president launched into a lengthy diatribe against wind turbines.—
Brad Plumer,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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In contrast, toxic conflict involves criticism, contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling—patterns that can lead to emotional disconnection and resentment, Scevoli said.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Among those who lost their jobs were members of the civic integrity group, which was known to be outspoken in its criticism of Zuckerberg’s leadership.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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A week prior, Ye launched his latest antisemitic and misogynistic tirade on X, dubbing himself a Nazi and praising Hitler.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
14 Feb. 2025
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Vance had clearly long prepared this tirade as a starting gun for the second Trump administration’s bid to refuel populism across Europe.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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But as the threats to women’s reproductive health have come out of Washington, one after another, Cecile Richards has had to be everywhere at once: traveling around the country to meet patients and making constant trips to Washington to educate, lobby, and harangue members of Congress.—
Jonathan Van Meter,
Vogue,
20 Jan. 2025
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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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But Kaplan issued a stinging rebuke of Bankman-Friend.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Germany’s Catholic and Protestant churches warned in a letter to parliament that cooperating with the far-right damaged the country’s democracy — a rebuke likely to sting Merz’s Christian Democrats whose name evokes their religious links.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Polemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polemic. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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