筆ひつ陣じん

noun

war of words; battle of the pen

Literary term for a lineup of authors or critics engaged in a heated written debate or polemic. Rare in everyday conversation.

• 当とう時じの文ぶん壇だんでは、自し然ぜん主しゅ義ぎ派はと反はん自し然ぜん主しゅ義ぎ派はの筆ひつ陣じんが激はげしく交かわされた。

  In the literary world of that time, a fierce war of words was waged between the naturalist and anti-naturalist camps.