| English Dictionary |
POLEMISE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does polemise mean?
• POLEMISE (verb)
The verb POLEMISE has 1 sense:
1. engage in a controversy
Familiarity information: POLEMISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Engage in a controversy
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
polemicise; polemicize; polemise; polemize
Context example:
The two historians polemicized for years
Hypernyms (to "polemise" is one way to...):
altercate; argufy; dispute; quarrel; scrap (have a disagreement over something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Talking a mile a minute." (English proverb)
"Who sleeps warmly can also be cold." (Albanian proverb)
"If you speak the word it shall own you, and if you don't you shall own it." (Arabic proverb)
"Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll no' steal when he's old." (Scottish proverb)
"Who sleeps warmly can also be cold." (Albanian proverb)
"If you speak the word it shall own you, and if you don't you shall own it." (Arabic proverb)
"Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll no' steal when he's old." (Scottish proverb)