argumentative

Meaning

  1. Of or relating to argumentation; specifically, presenting a logical argument or line of reasoning; argumentive, discursive.
  2. Prone to argue or dispute.

Opposite of
nonargumentative, unargumentative
Translations

beweiskräftig

αποδεικτικός

επιχειρηματολογικός

διαλεκτικός

συζητήσιμος

Frequency

29k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌɑːɡjʊˈmɛntətɪv/
Etymology

In summary

From Late Middle English argumentatif (“syllogistic, sophistic”), from Old French argumentatif, argumentative (modern French argumentatif (“argumentative”)) and Medieval Latin, Late Latin argūmentātīvus, from Latin argūmentātor + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives).

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