polemic

IPA: pʌɫˈɛmɪk

A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
An argument or controversy.
A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.

Examples of "polemic" in Sentences

Perhaps the entire polemic is much ado about nothing?
Federal Farmer says: zuch: A polemic is hardly a “formal” document.
That having been said, my justification for setting aside a message novel or a polemic is that I hate being preached at.
Not sure I want to trust an anti-industry polemic from a probable lefty, with a history of twisting truth (see the full Aftershocks review) as reliable fact.
"Papist," but as far as I can tell, Pise is wrong: "Romanist" appears to be a familiar term of opprobrium in English polemic by the late seventeenth century.
I couldn't tell because of the handle reference to Edmund Burke, whose anti-French Revolution and pro-American revolution polemic is often a heroic and mythological epic to conservatives.
Sure, you can try to be anal and disagree with my use of the term polemic, and go on and on about how you don't like someone who also used that definition to present a pretty sound model, but it's just lazy.