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Definition: Polemical |
PolemicalAdjective1. Of or involving dispute or controversy. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "polemical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references) |
Synonym: PolemicalSynonym: polemic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Reasoning, | Adjective: reasoning; Verb: rationalistic; argumentative, controversial, dialectic, polemical; discursory, discursive; disputatious; Aristotelian, eristic, eristical. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Polemical |
| English words defined with "polemical": Ayn Rand ♦ rand. (references) |
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| "Polemical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Polemical" is used about 95 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 95 | 33,629 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Ending with "polemical": semi-polemical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
polemical | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "polemical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | polemizues (polemic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | полемичен (controversial, polemic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | polémique (polemic, polemics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | polemisch (polemic, polemically, polemicly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | צח י (triumphal, victorious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | polemico (argumentative, contentious, controversial, disputatious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olemicalpay polemic (polemic). (various references) полемический (agonistic). (various references) pole/mico, polémico (agonistic, controversial, polemic). (various references) полемічний (agonistic, controversial, eristic, polemic). (various references) thuật luận chiến (polemic), thuật bút chiến nh luận chiến (polemic), sự bút chiến (polemic), nh bút chiến (polemic, polemist), cuộc luận chiến (controversy, polemic). (various references) dadleuol (controversial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "polemical": polemically. (additional references) | |
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"Polemical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Paklenica, peloidal, plemical, polamical, polemica, polemycal, Poleumita, polimical, polomical, polymodal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "polemical" (pronounced pule"mukul) |
| 6 | -e" m u k u l | agrochemical, biochemical, chemical, photochemical. |
| 5 | -m u k u l | anatomical, domical. |
| 4 | -u k u l | aeronautical, allegorical, anarchical, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, Chronicle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, cuticle, diacritical, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, follicle, geophysical, grammatical, hierarchical, hypothetical, impractical, maniacal, medical, meteorological, methodical, miracle, monocle, mythical, nautical, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, pinnacle, political, pontifical, practical, quizzical, radical, receptacle, reciprocal, satirical, skeptical, spectacle, tentacle, typical, unequivocal. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, ankle, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, bifocal, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, comical, conical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, pickle, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-l-m-o-p" | |
-1 letter: calliope. | |
-2 letters: calomel, compile, micella, oilcamp, polemic. | |
-3 letters: collie, compel, copalm, epical, impale, lipoma, locale, malice, mallei, micell, mollie, ocelli, plaice, plicae, plical, police, pomace. | |
-4 letters: amice, amole, ample, camel, cameo, campi, campo, cella, celli, cello, celom, claim, clamp, clime, clomp, comae, comal, copal, email, ileac, ileal, impel, lapel, lilac, limpa, local, macle, maile. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-l-m-o-p" | |
+2 letters: polemically. | |
+3 letters: compellation, complexional, phonemically. | |
+4 letters: allelomorphic, ceruloplasmin, compellations, complicatedly, morphemically, nucleoplasmic, problematical, semipolitical. | |
+5 letters: accomplishable, aposematically, ceruloplasmins, hypodermically, megascopically, metallographic, metaphorically, polyacrylamide, pyrometrically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 6C 65 6D 69 63 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- .-.. . -- .. -.-. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01101100 01100101 01101101 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o l e m i c a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 006C 0065 006D 0069 0063 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508178717975696778 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanais, albaner, albanese, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanés, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulgare, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, búlgaro, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, français, französisch, צרפתית, צרפתי, francese, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francés, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, allemand, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, tedesco, neamţ, немецкий, alemán, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, עברי, עברית, ebreo, ebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hebreo, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebreaidd, Hebraeg |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italien, italienisch, איטלקית, איטלקי, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Roumain, rumäne, rumeno, român, румынский, румын, rumano, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, רוסי, russo, русский, ruso, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, espagnol, spanisch, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spagnolo, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, español, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ucraino, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ucranio, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, вьетнамский, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
Welsh | geirlyfr, geiriadur, diffiniad, darnodiad, trosiad | shkel premtimin, populli i uellsit, ik pa paguar, i uellsit, gjuha e uellsit, уелски, уелски език, не си плащам дълга, измъквам се от задължение, gallois, walisisch, gallese, limba velşã, velş, din ţara galilor, уэльский, galés, у"льський, не віддати гроші, валлійська мова, валлійський, валлійці, Cymreig |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, א 'לית, inglese, englezesc, английский, inglés, англійський, англійці, англійська мова, Saesneg |
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