-mə̇kəl, -mēk- adjective
1. : of, relating to, or of the nature of a polemic or polemics : controversial
prefer their politics heated and polemical — Bernard Hollowood
a regrettably polemical spirit in … the literature — Dexter Perkins
2. : engaged in or addicted to polemics : disputatious
polemical and … not always fair to his opponents — K.S.Latourette
polemical writers