polemical

About 1.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Related to argument or controversy; containing polemic, being polemic. Being an attempt to evaluate the arguments comprehensively. Prone to causing disputes; inclined to causing the expression of opposing opinions, disputatious, contentious, edgy.
2. adjective Being an attempt to evaluate the arguments comprehensively.
3. adjective Prone to causing disputes; inclined to causing the expression of opposing opinions, disputatious, contentious, edgy.
4. noun A diatribe or polemic.

Similar words

polemic controversial contentious disputed confrontational argumentative divisive controversal agonistic contentional

Often followed by

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Word family

polemic polemically