Definitions for controversialist
con·tro·ver·sial·ist

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1. disputant, controversialist, eristicnoun

   a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy

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1. controversialistnoun

   One who regularly engages in public controversies.

   Richard Dawkins has become a leading controversialist in a few areas.

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1. controversialist

   Polemic () is contentious rhetoric intended to support a specific position by forthright claims and to undermine the opposing position. The practice of such argumentation is called polemics, which are seen in arguments on controversial topics. A person who writes polemics, or speaks polemically, is called a polemicist. The word derives from Ancient Greek πολεμικός (polemikos) 'warlike, hostile', from πόλεμος (polemos) 'war'.Polemics often concern questions in religion or politics. A polemical style of writing was common in Ancient Greece, as in the writings of the historian Polybius. Polemic again became common in medieval and early modern times. Since then, famous polemicists have included satirist Jonathan Swift; Italian physicist and mathematician Galileo; French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher Voltaire; Christian anarchist Leo Tolstoy; socialist philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; novelist George Orwell; playwright George Bernard Shaw; communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin; psycholinguist Noam Chomsky; social critics Christopher Hitchens and Peter Hitchens; existential philosopher Søren Kierkegaard; and Friedrich Nietzsche, author of On the Genealogy of Morality: A Polemic. Polemical journalism was common in continental Europe when libel laws were not as stringent as they are now.To support study of 17th to 19th century controversies, a British research project has placed online thousands of polemical pamphlets from that period.Discussions of atheism, humanism, and Christianity have remained open to polemic into the 21st century.

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1. controversialist

   A controversialist is a person who frequently engages in or enjoys controversies or debates, especially on matters of public concern or interest. This person often presents arguments that oppose the mainstream or conventional views, causing dispute or disagreement.

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1. Controversialistnoun

   one who carries on a controversy; a disputant

Matched Categories

1. • Person

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of controversialist in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of controversialist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=controversialist
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Controversialist
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversialist
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/controversialist
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=controversialist