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argumentative

[ahr-gyuh-men-tuh-tiv] Example Sentences Origin

ar·gu·men·ta·tive

[ahr-gyuh-men-tuh-tiv]
adjective
1.
fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
2.
of or characterized by argument; controversial: an argumentative attitude toward political issues.
3.
Law. arguing or containing arguments suggesting that a certain fact tends toward a certain conclusion.

Origin:
1635–45; argument + -ative

ar·gu·men·ta·tive·ly, adverb
ar·gu·men·ta·tive·ness, noun
non·ar·gu·men·ta·tive, adjective
non·ar·gu·men·ta·tive·ly, adverb
non·ar·gu·men·ta·tive·ness, noun
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o·ver·ar·gu·men·ta·tive, adjective
o·ver·ar·gu·men·ta·tive·ly, adverb
o·ver·ar·gu·men·ta·tive·ness, noun
un·ar·gu·men·ta·tive, adjective
un·ar·gu·men·ta·tive·ly, adverb
un·ar·gu·men·ta·tive·ness, noun
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Argumentative is always a great word to know.
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the subjecting of a person to a second trial or punishment for the same offense for which the person has already been tried or punished
a release from the penalty of an offense; a remission of penalty, as by a governor; the document by which such remission is declared
Example Sentences
  • She is an edgy, argumentative television film maker who's something of a.
  • But they raise important issues about how to do science in such an argumentative area and under new levels of.
  • And half of them are shrilly argumentative about it.
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argumentative (ˌɑːɡjʊˈmɛntətɪv)
 
adj
1.  given to arguing; contentious
2.  characterized by argument; controversial
 
argu'mentatively
 
adv
 
argu'mentativeness
 
n

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argumentative
1640s, "pertaining to arguments," from L. argumentat-, from pp. stem of argumentari (see argue) + -ive. Meaning "fond of arguing" is recorded from 1660s.
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