English > eristic: 3 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys / enjoys / enjoys controversy. |
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| Synonyms | disputant, controversialist |
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| Narrower | accuser | someone who imputes guilt or blame |
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| contester | someone who contests an outcome (of a race or an election etc.) |
| debater, arguer | someone who engages in debate |
| denier | One who denies |
| hairsplitter | A disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions |
| logomach, logomachist | someone given to disputes over words |
| obstructionist, obstructor, obstructer, resister, thwarter | someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take |
| quarreler, quarreller | A disputant who quarrels |
| reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist | A disputant who advocates reform |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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| Spanish | disputador, polemista |
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| Catalan | disputador, polemista |
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| Adjectives | eristic | given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments |
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