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Contentious vs. Polemical — What's the Difference?

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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