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dirge

Antiphony is now generally used for any call and response style of singing, such as the kirtan and the sea shanty. Antiphonal music is music that is performed by two semi-independent choirs in interaction, often singing alternate musical phrases.^[1] Antiphonal psalmody is the singing or musical playing of psalms by alternating groups of performers.^[2] An antiphony is also a choir-book containing antiphons.

See polychoral antiphon






dərj/

noun

1. a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite.

   synonyms:

   elegy, lament, burial hymn, threnody, requiem, funeral march;  keen "a lone bagpiper played the woeful dirge"

   • a mournful song, piece of music, or poem.

     "singers chanted dirges"

     
     
     

     
     

     el·e·gi·ac

     ˌeləˈjīək,eˈlējēˌak/

     adjective

     adjective: elegiac

     1. 1.

        (especially of a work of art) having a mournful quality.

        "the movie score is a somber effort, elegiac in its approach"

        synonyms:

        mournful, melancholic, melancholy, plaintive, sorrowful, sad, lamenting,doleful;

        antonyms:

        cheerful

        • wistfully mournful.

     noun

     plural noun: elegiacs; plural noun: elegiac

     1. 1.

        verses in an elegiac meter.

     
     

     Origin

     

     late 16th century: from French élégiaque, or via late Latin, from Greek elegeiakos, fromelegeia (see elegy).

     
     

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Paean

1. pae·an

   
   

   ˈpēən/

   noun

   
   

   
   a song of praise or triumph.

   • a thing that expresses enthusiastic praise.

     "his books are paeans to combat"

     synonyms:

     song of praise, hymn, alleluia;  plaudit, glorification, eulogy, tribute,panegyric, accolade, acclamation;  formalencomium

polemicallyspeaking

polemics
The art or practice of argumentation or controversy.

polemical

polemically

polemicist, polemist
a skilled debater in speech or writing


dispute, debate, argument, discussion, controversy, contention, wrangling, disputation, argumentation Collins Essential Thesaurus 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2005, 2006

The Establishment
And How They Get Away With It
By Owen Jones
 

"[A] vigorous polemic on the makeup of England’s ruling elite, with eerie parallels to the inequality in the United States.... An invigorating book with much fodder for thought on this side of the Atlantic."
—Kirkus

Polar-itis

polarity
Intrinsic polar separation

A situation in which two individuals or groups have qualities, ideas, or principles that are diametrically opposed to each other

opposition, contradiction, paradox, dichotomy, duality, contrariety
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-itis - excessive interest in
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A person with polaritis incessantly proves "I am right/you are wrong"


see Edward deBono's book, "I am right, you are wrong"