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eristic definition

er·is·tic (er is′tik)

adjective

of or provoking controversy or given to sophistical argument and specious reasoning

Etymology: Gr eristikos < erizein, to strive, dispute < eris, strife: see Eris

noun

  1. eristic discourse or argument
  2. a person who engages in such discourse or argument

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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