eristic

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

eristica

sinonimi

disputant

controversialist

eristical

contravention

controversy

debate

debater

dialectic

disputation

disputatious

disputative

argle-bargle

argy-bargy

disceptation

arguing

the art of disputation

argument

argumentative

Traduzioni

éristique

Eristik

erística

erística

eristisch

erística

εριστικός

συζητητής

εριστική

controversiste

polemisch

Erística

erístico

Etimologia (Inglese)

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