polemical
argumentative in a hostile or warlike way
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- polem / polemos: argument with a warlike posture
Polemical comes from the old war word polemos. It is argument with combat in its posture.
The review was so polemical that it buried the useful criticism.
Polemical writing does not merely disagree. It fights. The word belongs to arguments that sound combative, partisan, or eager to attack.