noun🔗ShareOne who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious."My brother is such an eristic; he loves to argue and will twist any point to win, even if he doesn't believe it himself. "philosophylogiclanguagecommunicationattitudewordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA 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."The siblings' constant bickering escalated into pure eristic, neither of them listening to the other or trying to solve the problem, just arguing to "win." "philosophymindlogiccommunicationlanguageattitudecharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareProvoking strife, controversy or discord."His eristic comments about politics always started arguments at the family dinner. "philosophycommunicationlogicattitudepoliticscharacterstylesocietystatewartendencypointhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
