eristic
eristic · more eristic · most eristic
eristisch
Provoking strife, controversy or discordProvoking strife, controversy or discord.
Meaning
1 sensesProvoking strife, controversy or discord.
c. 1810-1834? Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Waterland a specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic
eristisch
More definitions
- given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments
Translations
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By meaning 1
provoking:
Origin
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐριστικός (eristikós, “eager for strife”). See also Eris.Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐριστικός (eristikós, “eager for strife”). See also Eris.
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Forms
more eristic, most eristic| Comparative | more eristic Lesson |
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| Superlative | most eristic Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments:eristical
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form