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eristic
[ e-ris-tik ]
adjective
- Also eristical. pertaining to controversy or disputation; controversial.
noun
- a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- the art of disputation.
eristic
/ ɛˈrɪstɪk /
adjective
- of, relating, or given to controversy or logical disputation, esp for its own sake
noun
- a person who engages in logical disputes; a controversialist
- the art or practice of logical disputation, esp if specious
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- er·is·ti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of eristic1
C17: from Greek eristikos, from erizein to wrangle, from eris discord
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Example Sentences
Here again we catch a glimpse rather of a Socratic or Eristic than of a Sophist in the ordinary sense of the term.
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He belonged to the fighting class, and was further distinguished as a hero of debate, who professed the eristic art.
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Sokrates was much more Eristic than Protagoras, who generally manifested himself by continuous speech or lecture.
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Sokrates — the most persevering and acute Eristic of his age.
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Lucian's references to the school are as eristic or argumentative.
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