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Definition of Controversialist
1. Noun. A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Contester, Accuser, Arguer, Debater, Denier, Hairsplitter, Logomach, Logomachist, Obstructer, Obstructionist, Obstructor, Resister, Thwarter, Quarreler, Quarreller, Crusader, Meliorist, Reformer, Reformist, Social Reformer
Derivative terms: Dispute, Eristic
Definition of Controversialist
1. n. One who carries on a controversy; a disputant.
Definition of Controversialist
1. Noun. One who regularly engages in public controversies. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Controversialist
Literary usage of Controversialist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"1136, to Andrew Mac- Father Maguire, a well-known controversialist, died Brady,
consecrated in 1445, the bishops of this see were parish priest of the ..."
2. A Beginner's History of Philosophy by Herbert Ernest Cushman (1911)
"As Controversialist (1691-1704). Locke then began to write upon almost every
conceivable subject, — the coming of silver money, the raising of the value of ..."
3. A Manual of Church History by Albert Henry Newman (1903)
"Calvin as a Controversialist. Reference has already been made to the local
conflicts in which Calvin was engaged. It would have been impossible for a man of ..."
4. Lives of the Fathers: Sketches of Church History in Biography by Frederick William Farrar (1889)
"... V Continued TERTULLIAN AS AN ORTHODOX Controversialist SECTION IV IT was a
happy thing for Tertullian that his later works rendered a real service to ..."
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