Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eristic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eris-tic
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Provoking strife, controversy or discord.

noun

One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious.

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"c. 1810-1834? Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Waterland a specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic"
"Poets may be incurious of the subtleties of philological eristic, but they are wont to see into the heart of things."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἐριστικός

Inflected Forms

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

Derived Forms

aneristic eristically

Synonyms

eristical disputant controversialist

Questions

What does eristic mean?: Provoking strife, controversy or discord.
Where does eristic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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