Definitions for eristics

eristics er·is·tic

Spelling: [e-ris-tik]
IPA: /ɛˈrɪs tɪk/

Eristics is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 202 anagrams from letters in eristics (ceiirsst).

Definitions for eristics

noun

  1. a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
  2. the art of disputation.

adjective

  1. Also, eristical. pertaining to controversy or disputation; controversial.

Origin of eristics

1630-40; Greek eristikós, equivalent to erist(ós) (verbid of erízein, derivative of éris discord) + -ikos -ic

Examples for eristics

According to Aristotle himself, therefore, the Dialectician is agonistic and eristic, just as much as the Sophist.

Lucian's references to the school are as eristic or argumentative.

Here again we catch a glimpse rather of a Socratic or eristic than of a Sophist in the ordinary sense of the term.

Sokrates was much more eristic than Protagoras, who generally manifested himself by continuous speech or lecture.

He belonged to the fighting class, and was further distinguished as a hero of debate, who professed the eristic art.

Here, then, is a double indication of the connexion of the Parmenides with the eristic school.

Word Value for eristics
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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