polemicist

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Recent Examples of polemicist Foer, to his credit, is a reporter—and a very good one—more than a polemicist. — Literary Hub, 23 July 2026 Justice Kagan has sometimes been viewed as a strategist rather than a polemicist, who tries to forge agreements with the Court’s more moderate conservative members. — Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 May 2026 Whereas Schafer was a polemicist, wanting to impose his ideas onto society, Lockwood is interested in a personal symbiosis with nature, beginning with the humble belief that one is open to change. — Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026 It was started in 1995 by libertarians Justin Raimondo, a prolific polemicist who died in 2019, and editor Eric Garris, with occasional pieces turning into daily updates in April 1998. — John Seiler, Oc Register, 7 Dec. 2025
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  1. mudslinger
  2. attack dog
Noun
  • Social media platforms were a critical battleground during the campaign, with political mudslingers waging cyberwar with few legal constraints after the government failed to act on calls for a new law to protect democracy in the internet age.
    — Washington Post, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019
  • In 2010, when the group launched ahead of Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, Brock had imposed a set of self-regulations on the staff that would cultivate an air of respectability for the mudslingers.
    — Gabriel Debenedetti, Daily Intelligencer, 20 May 2018
Definition of mudslinger
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  • Continue reading … -- POLITICS 'BAD LOOK' – Newsom's attack dog taunts Buttigieg over South Carolina visit as 2028 fight heats up.
    — , FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Pulte, the 38-year-old director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is best known for his role as a partisan attack dog for the president.
    — Eric McDaniel, NPR, 11 June 2026
Definition of attack dog

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