eristic

Etymology
Borrowed from. See also.

Adjective

 * 1) Provoking strife, controversy or discord.
 * 2) * c. 1810-1834?, Notes on Waterland
 * a specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic

Translations

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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.

Translations

 * German: Eristiker


 * Finnish: eristiikka
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian: eristica
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:

Etymology
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