From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Argumentative \Ar'gu*men"ta*tive\, adjective
1. Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.
2. Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator. [Obs.]
3. Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer. --{Ar'gu*men"ta*tive*ly}, adverb -- {Ar'gu*men"ta*tive*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: given to or characterized by argument; "an argumentative discourse"; "argumentative to the point of being cantankerous"; "an intelligent but argumentative child" [ant: {unargumentative}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "argumentative": argumental, belligerent, cat-and-dog, cat-and-doggish, combative, contentious, controversial, dialectic, disagreeable, disputatious, eristic, ill-humored, litigious, logomachic, pilpulistic, polemic, polemical, pro and con, quarrelsome, scrappy, testy
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