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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 po·lem·ic /pəˈlɛmɪk/
 (a.)論戰的,好爭論的攻擊,爭論,辯論,辯論者

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Po·lem·ic a.
 1. Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
 2. Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Po·lem·ic, n.
 1. One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
    The sarcasms and invectives of the young polemic.   --Macaulay.
 2. A polemic argument or controversy.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 polemic
      adj : of or involving dispute or controversy [syn: polemical]
      n 1: a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in
           theology) [syn: polemicist, polemist]
      2: a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)