Polemic

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A polemic argument or controversy.

II. Polemic ·adj Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer.

III. Polemic ·noun One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.

IV. Polemic ·adj Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.