Docile and Polemical

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Docile adjective - Readily giving in to the command or authority of another.

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Polemical is an antonym for docile.

Nearby Word: docility

Polemical adjective - Given to arguing.

Usage example: during the Middle Ages even theologians could be surprisingly polemical in their writings

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Docile is an antonym for polemical.

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