Polemics

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Polemics \Po*lem"ics\, n. [Cf. F. pol['e]mique.]
     The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially
     on religious subjects; that branch of theological science
     which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical
     controversy.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  polemics
       n : the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation
           of errors