Strong spoken or written attack on a person or idea (7)

I believe the answer is:

polemic

(Other definitions for polemic that I've seen before include "Hostile argument" , "Contentious" , "harangue" , "Diatribe" , "Passionate argument" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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