ERISTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eristic mean? 

• ERISTIC (noun)
  The noun ERISTIC has 2 senses:

1. a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy

2. the art of logical disputation (especially if specious)

  Familiarity information: ERISTIC used as a noun is rare.

• ERISTIC (adjective)
  The adjective ERISTIC has 1 sense:

1. given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments

  Familiarity information: ERISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERISTIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

controversialist; disputant; eristic

Hypernyms ("eristic" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eristic"):

contester (someone who contests an outcome (of a race or an election etc.))

accuser (someone who imputes guilt or blame)

arguer; debater (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)

obstructer; obstructionist; obstructor; resister; thwarter (someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take)

quarreler; quarreller (a disputant who quarrels)

crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)

Derivation:

eristic (given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The art of logical disputation (especially if specious)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("eristic" is a kind of...):

art; artistry; prowess (a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation)

Derivation:

eristic (given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments)

• ERISTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments

Synonyms:

eristic; eristical

Similar:

argumentative (given to or characterized by argument)

Derivation:

eristic (the art of logical disputation (especially if specious))

eristic (a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy)