Contentious vs. Polemical — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Contentious and Polemical
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Contentious
Given to contention; quarrelsome.
Polemical
Of or involving strongly critical or disputatious writing or speech
A polemical essay
Contentious
Involving or causing contention; controversial
"a central and contentious element of the book" (Tim W. Ferguson).
Polemical
Related to argument or controversy; containing polemic, being polemic.
Contentious
Marked by heated arguments or controversy.
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Polemical
Being an attempt to evaluate the arguments comprehensively.
Contentious
Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord.
Polemical
Prone to causing disputes; inclined to causing the expression of opposing opinions, disputatious, contentious, edgy.
Contentious
Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
Despotic and contentious temper.
Polemical
A diatribe or polemic.
Contentious
Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.
More cheerful, though not less contentious, regions.
Polemical
Polemic; controversial; disputatious.
Polemical and impertinent disputations.
Contentious
Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy.
Polemical
Of or involving dispute or controversy
Contentious
Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits;
A style described as abrasive and contentious
A disputatious lawyer
A litigious and acrimonious spirit
Contentious
Involving or likely to cause controversy;
A central and contentious element of the book
Contentious
Having or showing a ready disposition to fight;
Bellicose young officers
A combative impulse
A contentious nature
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