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ERISTICALLY

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er⋅is⋅tic

  [e-ris-tik]
Use ERISTICALLY in a Sentence
–adjective
1. Also, er⋅is⋅ti⋅cal. pertaining to controversy or disputation; controversial.
–noun
2. a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
3. the art of disputation.
Origin:
1630–40; < Gk eristikós, equiv. to erist(ós) (verbid of erízein, deriv. of éris discord) + -ikos -ic

Related forms:
er⋅is⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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