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Webster 1828 Edition

Philopolemic

PHILOPOLEM'IC

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Adj.
[Gr. a lover, and warlike.]
Ruling over opposite or contending natures; an epithet of Minerva.

Definition 2024

philopolemic

philopolemic

English

Alternative forms

  • philopolemical

Adjective

philopolemic ‎(comparative more philopolemic, superlative most philopolemic)

  1. Fond of polemics or controversy.

Etymology

Ancient Greek φιλοπόλεμος ‎(philopólemos, “fond of war, warlike”)(from φίλος ‎(phílos, “loving”) + πόλεμος ‎(pólemos, “war”)) +‎ -ic.

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