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CONTROVERSIALIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
Synonyms:
controversialist; disputant; eristic
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("controversialist" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "controversialist"):
contester (someone who contests an outcome (of a race or an election etc.))
accuser (someone who imputes guilt or blame)
arguer; debater (someone who engages in debate)
denier (one who denies)
hairsplitter (a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions)
logomach; logomachist (someone given to disputes over words)
obstructer; obstructionist; obstructor; resister; thwarter (someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take)
quarreler; quarreller (a disputant who quarrels)
crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)
