as in diatribe
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Recent Examples of polemic
The novelist uses his ample literary talents to explore what cannot be rendered by polemic: a picture of two people, two lives, caught up in civilizational forces beyond them.
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Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2024
One of the earliest polemics by the notoriously pugilistic cultural critic, who died in 2011, it was originally published in 1987 under the title Imperial Spoils: The Curious Case of the Elgin Marbles and reissued once before, in 2008, under its current title.
—Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
The recipe is simple: join social media groups and subscribe to online news sources filled with people who think exactly like you and spend all day in those spaces blasting political polemics into your eyeballs.
—Tracy Hresko Pearl, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2025
The question distinguishes the essay from the less adventurous forms of expository prose—the dissertation, the polemic, the article, the campaign speech, the tract, the op-ed, the arrest warrant, the hotel bill.
—Harper’s Magazine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
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Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2024
One of the earliest polemics by the notoriously pugilistic cultural critic, who died in 2011, it was originally published in 1987 under the title Imperial Spoils: The Curious Case of the Elgin Marbles and reissued once before, in 2008, under its current title.
—Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
The recipe is simple: join social media groups and subscribe to online news sources filled with people who think exactly like you and spend all day in those spaces blasting political polemics into your eyeballs.
—Tracy Hresko Pearl, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2025
The question distinguishes the essay from the less adventurous forms of expository prose—the dissertation, the polemic, the article, the campaign speech, the tract, the op-ed, the arrest warrant, the hotel bill.
—Harper’s Magazine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polemic
Noun
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But immigration, Trump’s signature issue during his campaign, was overshadowed at times during his speech on Friday by his bombastic diatribes condemning his political enemies.—
Ashley Oliver,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
15 Mar. 2025
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But Romero’s diatribe was penned back in July 2016, four months before Trump’s first election victory.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Then came subsequent criticism about her selection for the 2024 Women’s Olympic team – especially considering Caitlin Clark’s absence – followed by her Las Vegas Aces’ loss in the 2024 WNBA Finals.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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There have been many waves of criticism, pointing out the impossibility of carrying out the test in a precise or useful way.—
Jaron Lanier,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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Schwimmer has been vocal on the subject of antisemitism, previously asking Elon Musk to ban Kanye West from X (formerly Twitter) over his antisemitic tirades and actions.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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Instead, the character goes on impassioned tirades about SpongeBob, leading Hernandez to break character a number of times to the betterment of the bit, which is perhaps aimed at recent blind items by Academy Awards voters who have admitted to neglecting certain movies on negligible criteria.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
1 Mar. 2025
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The Americans were prepared for a lecture from Russia’s longtime foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, who is well known for his tedious harangues.—
Michael Crowley,
New York Times,
21 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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Fact: That feels like the kind of response that would draw a strong rebuke from Green were the shoe on the other foot.—
Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Censure is essentially a formal rebuke by the House for some form of misconduct.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Polemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polemic. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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