how to pronounce polemical

/pəˈlɛm.ɪ.kəl/

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polemical is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of polemical in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… uh being less polemical uh she's uh had …”

meanings of polemical

adjective:

Being an attempt to evaluate the arguments comprehensively.
Related to argument or controversy; containing polemic, being polemic.
Prone to causing disputes; inclined to causing the expression of opposing opinions, disputatious, contentious, edgy.

noun:

A diatribe or polemic.

polemical frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word polemical occurs in english on average 1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics polemical can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that polemical can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;