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argumentative

Adjective

Meaning

Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.

Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator.

Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer.

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The denizens of Citizens Service Houses are not, as a rule, gifted with a lot of common sense, but they often make up for that by being extremely argumentative and vindictive. Robert Silverberg

Most of these handpicked leaders were lawyers, and a few were physicians or educators; most had earned doctoral degrees. Among the more exotic specimens were Otto Ohlendorf, a handsome but argumentative young economist who had fallen into disfavor with Himmler. Otto Ohlendorf

RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth. As a call to the unconverted the rack never had any particular efficacy, and is now held in light popular esteem. Ambrose Bierce

I do, however, feel reasonably strongly the sense that the job of a piece of argumentative scholarly non-fiction is not the same as the job of a piece of fiction. China Miéville

Argumentative exhibitions bring issues to life in a way that very much irritates traditional curators who want to see their pictures valued for themselves. Jonathan Miller

I do flip between being chatty and argumentative - and being a psycho-loner werewolf. Peter Hammill

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