eristic

English

Alternative forms

• eristical (uncommon)

Etymology

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

Adjective

eristic (comparative more eristic, superlative most eristic)

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

Translations

provoking

• German: eristisch (de)

Noun

eristic (plural eristics)

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.

Translations

one who is disputatious

• German: Eristiker m

type of dialogue

• Finnish: eristiikka
• French: éristique (fr) f
• German: Eristik (de) f
• Italian: eristica f
• Polish: erystyka (pl) f
• Spanish: erística (es) f

Anagrams

• reistic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French éristique.

Adjective

eristic m or n (feminine singular eristică, masculine plural eristici, feminine and neuter plural eristice)

1. eristic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	eristic		eristică		eristici	eristice
	definite	eristicul		eristica		eristicii	eristicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	eristic		eristice		eristici	eristice
	definite	eristicului		eristicei		eristicilor	eristicelor