Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Given to or characterized by disputation; disputatious; argumentative.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition.
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- adjective
Tending todispute .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
Etymologies
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Examples
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He's not running for governor and, although Jews are known for their disputative zest, the Reb doesn't look like he spends much time with people who disagree with him.
Alfred Gingold: Bei Mir Bist Du Strange Alfred Gingold 2010
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He's not running for governor and, although Jews are known for their disputative zest, the Reb doesn't look like he spends much time with people who disagree with him.
Alfred Gingold: Bei Mir Bist Du Strange Alfred Gingold 2010
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He's not running for governor and, although Jews are known for their disputative zest, the Reb doesn't look like he spends much time with people who disagree with him.
Alfred Gingold: Bei Mir Bist Du Strange Alfred Gingold 2010
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He's not running for governor and, although Jews are known for their disputative zest, the Reb doesn't look like he spends much time with people who disagree with him.
Alfred Gingold: Bei Mir Bist Du Strange Alfred Gingold 2010
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In his writing, he often encased the word "bubble" in disputative quotation marks -- as if to challenge the notion that any market rise could be excessive.
The credit bubble, the recession and what the Federal Reserve should have done Roger Lowenstein 2010
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Pangloss, who was as inquisitive as he was disputative, asked him what was the name of the mufti who was lately strangled.
Don’t Just Do Something–Stand There! | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2008
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At least my wife has recalled it on more than one disputative occasion.
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Pangloss, who was as inquisitive as he was disputative, asked him what was the name of the mufti who was lately strangled.
Candide 2007
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Here again I brought my self into a premunire with the disputative
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The conversation ere long recommenced in a more general form, though still in a somewhat disputative tone.
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