eristic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious.
  2. A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest.
    — Poets may be incurious of the subtleties of philological eristic, but they are wont to see into the heart of things.
形容词 adj.
  1. Provoking strife, controversy or discord.
    — c. 1810-1834? Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Waterland a specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic

词形变化

more eristic comparative most eristic superlative eristical alternative,uncommon eristics plural eristical alternative,uncommon

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐριστικός (eristikós, “eager for strife”). See also Eris.
词源 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐριστικός (eristikós, “eager for strife”). See also Eris.
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