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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
eristic /ɛˈrɪstɪk/ formal

▶adjective of or characterized by debate or argument.

■ (of an argument or arguer) aiming at winning rather than at reaching the truth.

▶noun a person given to debate or argument.

– derivatives
eristically adverb.

– origin C17: from Gk eristikos, from erizein ‘to wrangle’, from eris ‘strife’.

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