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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespolémica
Pronunciation / Transliteration: polemica
"El libro desató una gran polémica en el ámbito político."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A strong verbal or written attack on someone else's opinions or principles.
"His book is a fierce polemic against modern capitalism."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Early 17th century: from French polémique, or via modern Latin from Greek polemikos, from polemos 'war'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "polemic" is said worldwide
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polémique
Transliteration: polemique
"Son article a déclenché une vive polémique."
Polemik
Transliteration: Polemik
"Seine Rede war voller scharfer Polemik."
polemica
Transliteration: polemica
"Il suo saggio è una polemica contro la censura."
polémica
Transliteration: polemica
"El libro desató una gran polémica en el ámbito político."
polêmica
Transliteration: polemica
"O ensaio foi lido como uma polêmica contra as normas sociais."
विवाद-लेख
Transliteration: vivad-lekh
"उनका लेख वर्तमान सरकार के खिलाफ एक तीखा विवाद-लेख है।"
论战
Transliteration: lùnzhàn
"这篇论文是一场激烈的学术论战。"
격렬한 비판
Transliteration: gyeong-ryeol-han bi-pan
"그의 연설은 정부 정책에 대한 격렬한 비판이었다."
激論
Transliteration: gekiron
"彼の著書は社会制度に対する激論を展開している。"
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