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polemical

 adjective
     
Related topics: Literature
po‧lem‧i‧cal also polemic formal
AL using strong arguments to criticize or defend a particular idea, opinion, or person:
The reforms were attacked in a highly polemical piece in the 'New Yorker'.
—polemically adverb
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