eristic

Значение (Английский)

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.

Синонимы

disputant

controversialist

eristical

contravention

controversy

debate

debater

dialectic

disputation

disputatious

disputative

argle-bargle

argy-bargy

disceptation

arguing

the art of disputation

argument

argumentative

Переводы

Eristik

éristique

erística

erística

eristica

eristisch

erística

συζητητής

εριστική

controversiste

polemisch

Erística

erístico

Этимология (Английский)

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