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Adjective eristic has 1 sense
  1. eristic, eristical - given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments
    Antonym: unargumentative (indirect, via argumentative)
,Noun eristic has 2 senses
  1. disputant, controversialist, eristic - a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
    --1 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
    --1 has particulars:
     contester; accuser; debater, arguer; denier; hairsplitter; logomach, logomachist; obstructionist, obstructor, obstructer, resister, thwarter; quarreler, quarreller; quibbler, caviller, caviler, pettifogger; reformer, reformist, crusader, meliorist
  2. eristic - the art of logical disputation (especially if specious)
    --2 is a kind of     art, artistry, prowess
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