polemical Syllabification: (po·lem·i·cal)Pronunciation: /pəˈlemikəl/Translate polemical | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of polemical adjective of, relating to, or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech:a polemical essayDerivatives polemicallyPronunciation: /-ik(ə)lē/ adverb polemical in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of polemical in the British & World English dictionary