polemic
puh-LEM-iknounMeaning a strong written or spoken attack on an idea
Memory hook POLE-MIC: grab the MIC and attack. Victor grabs the mic and launches a fiery attack on the new school schedule, calling it the worst idea in history. His speech is a polemic.
His letter to the editor was a fiery polemic against the new parking rules.
In context The book is less a balanced history than a polemic: every chapter attacks the old king and ignores anything good he did.
Similar diatribe, attack, tirade, broadside
Opposite tribute, praise
From Greek polemikos, “warlike,” from polemos (war).