eristic

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.

Etymology

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

Synonyms

disputant

controversialist

eristical

contravention

controversy

debate

debater

dialectic

disputation

disputatious

disputative

argle-bargle

argy-bargy

disceptation

arguing

the art of disputation

argument

argumentative

Translations

Eristik

éristique

erística

erystyka

erística

eristica

eristisch

erística

συζητητής

εριστική

controversiste

polemisch

dialektyk

Erística

erístico