eristic
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adjective \i-ˈris-tik, e-\Definition of ERISTIC
: characterized by disputatious and often subtle and specious reasoning
— eris·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
Variants of ERISTIC
eris·tic also eris·ti·cal \-ti-kəl\
Origin of ERISTIC
Greek eristikos fond of wrangling, from erizein to wrangle, from eris strife
First Known Use: 1637
Rhymes with ERISTIC
artistic, autistic, ballistic, Buddhistic, cladistic, cubistic, deistic, ekistic, faunistic, floristic, heuristic, holistic, hubristic, juristic, linguistic, logistic, meristic, monistic, patristic, phlogistic, puristic, simplistic, sophistic, statistic, stylistic, Taoistic, theistic, Thomistic, touristic, tropistic, truistic, veristic, Yahwistic
2eristic
nounDefinition of ERISTIC
1
: a person devoted to logical disputation
2
: the art or practice of disputation and polemics
First Known Use of ERISTIC
1659
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