polemicist

From polemic +‎ -ist.

• IPA^(key): /pəˈlɛmɪsɪst/

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• Hyphenation: po‧lem‧i‧cist

polemicist (plural polemicists)

1. A person who writes polemics.
2. A person who puts forward controversial views.
   • 2016 November 12, Stephen Collinson, “The mystery of Donald Trump’s White House”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The choice is between a polemicist with deep ties to the alt-right movement, or a conventional policy professional with an open channel to the political establishment that Trump ran against, but which he needs to pass an agenda.

   • 2020, Pete Davidson, 2:39 from the start, in Pete Davidson Wrecks Rob Lowe’s S**t (Full Set) - Roast of Rob Lowe‎^[2]:

     You know Ann describes herself as a polemicist...

   • 2023 February 10, Graeme Wood, “DEI Is an Ideological Test”, in The Atlantic‎^[3], archived from the original on 11 February 2023:

     A similar impulse sometimes accompanies my reading of the work of Christopher F. Rufo, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and one of the most gifted conservative polemicists of his generation.

• polemist, polemic