eristic

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

éristique

controversiste

Synonymes

disputant

controversialist

eristical

contravention

controversy

debate

debater

dialectic

disputation

disputatious

disputative

argle-bargle

argy-bargy

disceptation

arguing

the art of disputation

argument

argumentative

Traductions

Eristik

erística

eristisch

eristica

erística

erística

εριστικός

συζητητής

εριστική

polemisch

Erística

erístico

didişimcilik

Étymologie (Anglais)

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