English Dictionary

polemical

IPA（発音記号）

/pəˈlɛmɪkəl/

形容詞

軽蔑的

Being an attempt to evaluate the arguments comprehensively. / (somewhat derogatory) Prone to causing disputes; inclined to causing the expression of opposing opinions, disputatious, contentious, edgy.

日本語の意味

論争や対立する意見を引き起こしやすい、議論を巻き起こす性質を持つ / （やや否定的に）論争好きで、衝突を誘発する傾向がある

Her polemical essay attempted to evaluate the arguments comprehensively, systematically assessing every major point in the debate to reach a balanced conclusion.

彼女の議論を包括的に評価しようとする論説は、討論の主要な論点を体系的に検討して、バランスの取れた結論に達した。

意味（1）

Being an attempt to evaluate the arguments comprehensively.

[…] in order to give a comprehensive critical and polemical analysis of the Dictionary in question, a whole book would be needed.

意味（2）

(somewhat derogatory) Prone to causing disputes; inclined to causing the expression of opposing opinions, disputatious, contentious, edgy.

And though the annals of the period do not show us that there was less ale drawn, or less canary called for; men got dry with the heat of polemical discussion, and drunk with a text, not the fag end of a ballad, in their mouths; and people made a sort of morality of straight hair, long faces, and sad-coloured garments.

more polemical （ comparative ）

most polemical （ superlative ）