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Eristic

Eristic \E*ris"tic\, Eristical \E*ris"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to strive, wrangle, ? strife.] Controversial. [Archaic]

A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic.
--Coleridge.

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eristic

a. Of something or someone provoking strife, controversy or discord. n. 1 One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious. 2 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.

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eristic

adj. given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments [syn: eristical]

eristic
  1. n. a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy [syn: disputant, controversialist]

  2. the art of logical disputation (especially if specious)

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Eristic

In philosophy and rhetoric, eristic (from Eris, the ancient Greek goddess of chaos, strife, and discord) refers to argument that aims to successfully dispute another's argument, rather than searching for truth. According to T.H. Irwin, "It is characteristic of the eristic to think of some arguments as way of defeating the other side, by showing that an opponent must assent to the negation of what he initially took himself to believe." Eristic is arguing for the sake of conflict, as opposed to resolving conflict.

Usage examples of "eristic".

The AnEristic Principle is that of ORDER, the Eristic Principle is that of DISORDER.

They prefer their own pastoral and Eristic ways, and I, for one, would never interfere with them.

But I still get confused about the differences between the Erisian, the Eristic and the Discordian.

We merely stress the Eristic as a balance, because human society has been tilted grotesquely toward the AnEristic side all through the Piscean age.

Grummet begins with an upsurge of magicians, hoaxers, Yippies, Kabouters, shamans, clowns, and other Eristic forces.

High Baron Kephialtar-ka-Voro, a young woman named Fornis became, at seventeen, the eristic ruler of Paltesh.

We merely stress the Eristic as a balance, because human society has been tilted grotesquely toward the AnEristic side all through the Piscean age.

The Bureau of Eristic Affairs, and The Administry for the Unenlightened Eristic Horde E.

Oh, yes, here we are: Tradition in Revolution, Democratic Oligarchy, Parmenidean Dynamics, Heraclitean Statics, Spartan Sybaritics, Tautological Dialectics, Boolean Eristic.