POLEMICS


Meaning of POLEMICS in English

/peuh lem"iks, poh-/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. )

1. the art or practice of disputation or controversy: a master of polemics.

2. the branch of theology dealing with the history or conduct of ecclesiastical disputation and controversy. Cf. irenics .

[ 1630-40; see POLEMIC, -ICS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .