as in diatribe
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Recent Examples of polemic
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.
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Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Aug. 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
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.
—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
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Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Aug. 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
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polemic
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The fallout in Indy could be considerable if team owner Jim Irsay shares any of the frustrations former Colts punter Pat McAfee expressed in a scorching postgame diatribe.Mike Sando, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Damian starts delivering a diatribe on climate change while at lunch with Ingrid.James Factora, Them, 20 Dec. 2024
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Comments Holker made to PEOPLE in a Jan. 7 interview triggered the wave of criticism.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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The criticism is somewhat reminiscent of Texans slamming Sen. Ted Cruz for fleeing to Cancun during a statewide freeze and power loss disaster in 2021.James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
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The long-term inadvertent adverse consequences could be that society as a whole will lean further and further into emotional tirades.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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His tirades to staff were matched by his abuse of punters in social media forums.Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 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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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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The House on Thursday passed legislation that would impose sanctions on officials at the International Criminal Court, making a frontal assault on the tribunal in a rebuke of its move to charge top Israeli leaders with war crimes for their offensive against Hamas in Gaza.Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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There will be no more listening silently to uncomfortable rebukes from defeated Democrats, whether explicit or otherwise.Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Polemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polemic. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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