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Definition of 'polemics'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. ((used with a sing. v.)) polemics
the art or practice of disputation or controversy.

2. polemics
the branch of theology dealing with ecclesiastical disputation and controversy.

Etymology: (1630–40)

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1. (noun) polemics
the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) polemics
the art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy

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