polemics

noun

plural of polemic
as in diatribes

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  1. diatribes
  2. tirades
  3. criticisms
  4. harangues
  5. castigations
  6. excoriations
Noun
  • Trump’s social media feed and rhetoric overflow with racist diatribes.
    — Laura Washington, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
  • Academics in particular knew the impact of his anti-college diatribes, demonizing of university professors, and literal targeting of them with Professor Watchlist.
    — Karen J. Leader, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of diatribes
Noun
  • Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee once put it this way about why some golfer tirades add character while others are despised.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 19 June 2026
  • Lion was taken into custody early Saturday morning in the Palisades after what a neighbor described as antisemitic tirades.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Definition of tirades
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  • There have been criticisms over the division of a 90-minute match into essentially four quarters rather than two halves (with hydration breaks inserted around the 22nd and 67th minutes of every game).
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • As this World Cup continues to play out, the criticisms, fears and concerns about the home of the New York Giants and New York Jets have all been realized to an international audience.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2026
Definition of criticisms
Noun
  • Stephen Adly Guirgis, a New York playwright who specializes in urban pressure-cooker dramas, has a gift for writing subway strap-hanger harangues.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of harangues
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  • Links with nonprofit group The recent castigations from progressive Democrats were driven in part by the Opportunity Caucus’s ties to One Main Street.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Like legions of dreamers before him, McGuirk started on film and TV sets as a PA, an often thankless job where random castigations from members of the cast or crew can be par for the course.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Definition of castigations
Noun
  • There’ve been the usual marches around the country, signs, excoriations from members of Congress, all under the same umbrella of resistance.
    — Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Definition of excoriations
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