What is "eristic" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does eristic mean in English? Meaning of eristic definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "eristic" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "eristic": a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy

Noun

  • Meaning: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
  • Synonyms: controversialist disputant eristic
  • Hyponyms: accuser arguer contester crusader debater denier hairsplitter logomach logomachist meliorist obstructer obstructionist obstructor quarreler quarreller reformer reformist resister social reformer thwarter
  • Hypernyms: individual mortal person somebody someone soul
  • Meaning of "eristic": given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments

    Adjective

  • Meaning: given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments
  • Synonyms: eristic eristical
  • Similar: argumentative
  • Meaning of "eristic": the art of logical disputation (especially if specious)

    Noun

  • Meaning: the art of logical disputation (especially if specious)
  • Synonyms: eristic
  • Hypernyms: art artistry prowess
  • Adjective: Of something or someone provoking strife, controversy or discord. A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic. — Coleridge.
  • Synonyms:

    belligerent, combative, contentious, controversial, disputatious, litigious, quarrelsome, scrappy, testy, eristical,

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