polemisk

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ecclesiastical Latin polemicus, from Ancient Greek πολεμικός (polemikós), from Ancient Greek πόλεμος (pólemos). Attested since 1773. Compare French polémique, German polemisch.

Adjective[edit]

polemisk (comparative mer polemisk, superlative mest polemisk)

  1. polemic, polemical

Declension[edit]

Inflection of polemisk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular polemisk mer polemisk mest polemisk
Neuter singular polemiskt mer polemiskt mest polemiskt
Plural polemiska mer polemiska mest polemiska
Masculine plural3 polemiske mer polemiska mest polemiska
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 polemiske mer polemiske mest polemiske
All polemiska mer polemiska mest polemiska
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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