polemicist
noun/pəˈlɛmɪsɪst/
Etymology From polemic + -ist. By surface analysis, polem- + -ic + -ist.
1
A person who writes polemics.
2
A person who puts forward controversial views.
- 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.2016 November 12, Stephen Collinson, “The mystery of Donald Trump’s White House”, in CNN:
- You know Ann describes herself as a polemicist...2020, Pete Davidson, 2:39 from the start, in Pete Davidson Wrecks Rob Lowe’s S**t (Full Set) - Roast of Rob Lowe:
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- 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.2023 February 10, Graeme Wood, “DEI Is an Ideological Test”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2023: