controversialist
1Controversialist — Con tro*ver sial*ist, n. One who carries on a controversy; a disputant. [1913 Webster] He [Johnson] was both intellectually and morally of the stuff of which controversialists are made. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] …
2controversialist — [kän΄trə vʉr′shəlist, kän΄trə vʉr′sē əlist] n. a person who takes part in controversy or likes to do so * * * See controversial. * * * …
3controversialist — index contender, disputant, litigant, party (litigant) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4controversialist — [kän΄trə vʉr′shəlist, kän΄trə vʉr′sē əlist] n. a person who takes part in controversy or likes to do so …
5controversialist — noun One who regularly engages in public controversies. Richard Dawkins has become a leading controversialist in a few areas …
6controversialist — controversial ► ADJECTIVE ▪ causing or likely to cause controversy. DERIVATIVES controversialist noun controversially adverb …
7controversialist — noun see controversial …
8controversialist — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. debater, disputer, parliamentarian, logomacher, belligerent, dialectician, reasoner, casuist, polemicist, polemist, arguer, disputant, wrangler, discussant, litigant; see also fighter 1 …
9controversialist — n. person who likes to disagree with other people and say things that make people angry or think about a subject,con·tro ver·sial·ist || ‚kÉ‘ntrÉ™ vÉœrʃəlɪst /kÉ’ntrÉ™ vÉœË …
10controversialist — n. Disputant, arguer, debater, disputer …
