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A person who disputes
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controversialist
Alternative clues for the word controversialist
Word definitions for controversialist in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Controversialist \Con`tro*ver"sial*ist\, n. One who carries on a controversy; a disputant. He [Johnson] was both intellectually and morally of the stuff of which controversialists are made. --Macaulay.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. One who regularly engages in public controversies.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy [syn: disputant , eristic ]
Usage examples of controversialist.
Most controversialists who have opposed the Jesuits assert that the Indians of the missions were, in reality, half slaves.
The existence of ghouls has been disputed by that class of controversialists who are more concerned to deprive the world of comforting beliefs than to give it anything good in their place.