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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| polemical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| controversial | xx/x | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| diatribe | /xx | Noun |
| vitriolic | xx/x | Noun |
| invective | x/x | Noun |
| rhetoric | /xx | Noun |
| moralistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| philosophical | xx/xx | Noun |
| theological | xx/xx | Noun |
| propagandistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| discourse | /x | Noun |
| didactic | x/x | Adjective |
| moralizing | /xxx | Noun |
| historiographic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| dogmatic | x/x | Adjective |
| dialectic | xx/x | Noun |
| satirical | x/xx | Adjective |
| rejoinder | x/x | Noun |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| confrontational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| apologist | x/xx | Noun |
| advocate | /xx | Noun |
| extremist | x/x | Noun |
| contrarian | x/xx | Noun |
| radical | /xx | Adjective |
| sophist | x/ | Noun |
| poet | /x | Noun |
| ideologue | /xxx | Noun |
| satirist | /xx | Noun |
| pundit | /x | Noun |
| polarizer | /xxx | Noun |
| expositor | xx/x | Noun |
| panegyric | /x/x | Noun |
| opponent | x/x | Noun |
| activist | /xx | Noun |
| stylist | /x | Noun |
| rhetorician | xx/x | Noun |
| colonialist | x/xxx | Noun |
| exponent | /xx | Noun |
| humorist | /xx | Noun |
| essayist | /xx | Noun |
| philologist | x/xx | Noun |
| crit | / | Name |
| doctrinaire | xx/ | Noun |
| publicist | /xx | Noun |
| proponent | x/x | Noun |
| penman | /x | Noun |
| phony | /x | Noun |
| writer | /x | Noun |
| advice columnist | x//xx | Phrase, Noun |
| logician | x/x | Noun |
| orator | /xx | Noun |
| dualist | /xx | Noun |
| interventionist | xx/xx | Adjective |
| pragmatist | /xx | Noun |
| policymaker | /xxxx | Noun |
| racist | /x | Noun |
| columnist | /xx | Noun |
| revolutionary | xx/xxx | Noun |
| apologetic | xxx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| burman | /x | Name |
| proudhon | /x | Name |
| gnostics | /x | Noun |
| apologia | x/xxx | Noun |
| kautsky | /x | Name |
| idolatry | x/xx | Noun |
| gnosticism | /xxx | Noun |
| polytheism | /xxxx | Noun |
| idols | /x | Noun |
| paganism | /xxx | Noun |
| pharisees | /xx | Name |
| epistles | x/x | Noun |
| satire | /xx | Noun |
| heretics | /xx | Noun |
| vehement | /xx | Adjective |
| repudiation | xxx/x | Noun |
| hegel | /x | Name |
| confessional | x/xx | Adjective |
| impassioned | x/x | Adjective |
| strident | /x | Adjective |
| sustained | x/ | Adjective |
| masterpiece | /xx | Noun |
| bernstein | /x | Name |
| launches | /x | Verb |
| trotsky | /x | Name |
| scathing | /x | Adjective |
| acrimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| kant | / | Name |
| astrology | x/xx | Noun |
| heated | /x | Adjective |
| judaism | /xxx | Name |
| spirited | /xx | Adjective |
| engages | x/x | Verb |
| veiled | / | Verb, Adjective |
| vigorous | /xx | Adjective |
| virulent | /xx | Adjective |
| rabbinic | x/x | Adjective |
| target | /x | Noun |
| ensued | x/ | Verb |
| fierce | / | Adjective |
| lively | /x | Adjective |
| christianity | xx/xx | Name |
| sectarian | x/xx | Adjective |
| bitter | /x | Adjective |
| prophecy | /xx | Noun |
| cults | / | Noun |
| acerbic | x/x | Adjective |
| arguing | /xx | Noun |
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| argumentative | xx/xx | Adjective |
| commentary | /xxx | Noun |
| contention | x/x | Noun |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| contestation | /x/x | Noun |
| controversies | /xxx | Noun |
| criticism | /xxx | Noun |
| critique | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| debate | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deliberation | xxx/x | Noun |
| discussion | x/x | Noun |
| dispute | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dissent | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| exegesis | x/xx | Noun |
| flap | / | Noun, Verb |
| furore | /x | Noun |
| homiletic | xx/x | Adjective |
| humorous | /xx | Adjective |
| row | / | Noun, Verb |
| satiric | x/x | Adjective |
| tendentious | x/x | Adjective |
| tirade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| war | / | Noun, Verb |
| wrangle | /x | Verb, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
