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Polemic ( , ) is contentious rhetoric intended to support a specific position by forthright claims and to undermine the opposing position. The practice of such argumentation is called polemics, which are seen in arguments on controversial topics. A person who writes polemics, or speaks polemically, is called a polemicist. The word derives , .

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Within Vinony's link graph, polemik is referenced by 1,270 other articles, and connects out to stylistic device, Orator ad Brutum and rhetoric.

It is catalogued under the topic Polemic.

Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.

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