eristic

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Adj

Provoking strife, controversy or discord.

Noun

1. One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious.
2. A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest.

Konzepte

Eristik

eristisch

Eristiker

Streitkunst

Synonyme

disputant

controversialist

eristical

contravention

controversy

debate

debater

dialectic

disputation

disputatious

disputative

argle-bargle

argy-bargy

disceptation

arguing

the art of disputation

argument

argumentative

Übersetzungen

éristique

erística

erística

erística

eristica

συζητητής

εριστική

controversiste

polemisch

Erística

erístico

didişimcilik

ihtilâflı

Etymologie (Englisch)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐριστικός (eristikós, “eager for strife”). See also Eris.