eristic

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: er=is=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

eristic, a. [Gr. , fr. to strive, wrangle, strife.].

 Controversial.  [1913 Webster]
"A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

eristic, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or characterized by disputation.
2 (of an argument or arguer) aiming at winning rather than at reaching the truth.
--n.
1 the practice of disputation.
2 an exponent of disputation.

Derivative

eristically adv.

Etymology

Gk eristikos f. erizo wrangle f. eris strife

ROGET THESAURUS

eristic

Reasoning,

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