- [countable]
a speech or a piece of writing that argues very strongly for or against something/somebody Topics Opinion and argumentc2激烈争论;辩论文章;论战 - [uncountable] (also polemics [plural])
the practice or skill of arguing strongly for or against something/somebody Topics Opinion and argumentc2辩论术;辩论法
Word Originmid 17th cent.: via medieval Latin from Greek polemikos, from polemos ‘war’.