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DISPUTATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disputative mean?
• DISPUTATIVE (adjective)
The adjective DISPUTATIVE has 1 sense:
1. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
Familiarity information: DISPUTATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
Synonyms:
combative; contentious; disputatious; disputative; litigious
Context example:
a litigious and acrimonious spirit
Similar:
argumentative (given to or characterized by argument)
Derivation:
dispute (have a disagreement over something)
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