Otti liest seinen Entwurf laut vor und merkt, dass der letzte Absatz zu polemisch klingt. Otti reads his draft aloud and notices that the last paragraph sounds too polemical.

adjective · C1

polemisch

[poˈleːmɪʃ]

polemical, inflammatory

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Antonyms: sachlich

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Other Examples

Wir wollen zuspitzen, ohne polemisch zu werden, und genau darin liegt die Kunst.

We want to sharpen our point without becoming polemical, and that is exactly where the art lies.
Findest du meine Antwort auf den Leserbrief zu polemisch, oder darf man so scharf schreiben?

Do you think my reply to the letter to the editor is too polemical, or is it fine to write that sharply?
Emil formuliert in seinen Nachrichten manchmal polemischer, als er es eigentlich meint.

In his messages Emil sometimes puts things more polemically than he actually means to.

Grammar

Comparative: polemischer Compares two things: … als …
Superlative: am polemischsten The most of all, with "am": am …sten.

How the Word Is Built

polem root isch suffix

-isch: makes an adjective, often of countries: praktisch (practical), typisch (typical).

Word family

die Polemikpolemisieren

In Otti's situations: Otti writes an opinion piece

das Argument den Finger in die Wunde legen einräumen entkräften das Gegenargument die Kernaussage die Kolumne der Leser die Leserschaft die Lokalzeitung die Pointe pointiert

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