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wilbner@wilbner
December 10, 2025
Today's "Words of Mark Twain" offering came from the attitude he developed in his missives after coming out of depression in 1904 due to the passing of his wife, Livy.
(If I already posted this word, my apologies!)
Polemic:
polemic /pə-lĕm′ĭk/
noun
1. A controversial argument, especially one refuting or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine.
2. A person engaged in or inclined to controversy, argument, or refutation.
3. One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
Similar: controversialist disputant
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition •
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