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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieseristico
Pronunciation / Transliteration: eristico
"Il suo stile di dibattito era puramente eristico."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Characterized by disputation, controversy, or the pursuit of victory in argument rather than truth.
"The committee meeting quickly dissolved into eristic bickering over minor procedural rules."
- 1
A person who is given to disputation or debating for the sake of argument.
"He was known in academic circles as an unyielding eristic who loved to challenge every established premise."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek word 'eristikos', stemming from 'eris' meaning strife or contention. It entered the English language in the mid-17th century through learned discourse, retaining its classical association with disputation and the art of logical argument aimed at winning rather than discovering truth.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Eristic" is said worldwide
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éristique
Transliteration: éristique
"Son approche eristique a agacé tous les participants à la conférence."
eristisch
Transliteration: eristisch
"Die eristische Diskussion führte zu keiner konstruktiven Lösung."
eristico
Transliteration: eristico
"Il suo stile di dibattito era puramente eristico."
erístico
Transliteration: erístico
"Mantuvieron una disputa erística sin llegar a ningún acuerdo."
erístico
Transliteration: erístico
"O debate assumiu um tom erístico e improdutivo."
विवादात्मक
Transliteration: vivadātmak
"उसकी विवादात्मक शैली ने बैठक का माहौल खराब कर दिया।"
好辩的
Transliteration: hǎobiàn de
"这场辩论充满了诡辩和好辩的语气。"
논쟁적인
Transliteration: nonjaengjeogin
"그의 논쟁적인 태도는 회의를 방해했다."
示端的な
Transliteration: jitanteki na
Script: 弁論的な
"彼の弁論的な議論は誰も納得させられなかった。"
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