Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Given to arguing; disputatious.
- adjective Of or characterized by argument.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting in argument; containing a process of reasoning; controversial: as, an argumentative discourse.
- Showing reasons for.
- Addicted to argument; disputatious: as, an argumentative writer; he is very argumentative.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning.
- adjective obsolete Adductive as proof; indicative.
- adjective Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious.
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- adjective prone to argue or dispute
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective given to or characterized by argument
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Examples
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As a consequence of a psychological phenomenon that might be called "argumentative reasoning," we're very skillful at arguing a particular case.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Gretchen Rubin 2011
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But to say if some of them owned slaves or thought of women or minorities as less than equal, then that must mean they were wrong on the 2nd, is just plain argumentative.
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It was one of the toughest assignments of senior year -- a 4,000-word argumentative essay on a controversial topic.
Color My World 2008
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Relevant to this discussion is the phenomenon of the so-called argumentative child.
Parenting by the Book John Rosemond 2007
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This again is to say that it is due to the badness of the audience when his rhetoric includes aspects which are not in line with the idea of argumentative and pertinent rhetoric. (iii) In dealing with methods of traditional rhetoric Aristotle obviously assumes that even methods which have traditionally been used instead of argumentation can be refined so that they support the aim of an argumentative style of rhetoric.
Aristotle's Rhetoric Rapp, Christof 2002
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Templates, Tips and Examples Persuasive essay, also known as argumentative essay or argument essay, is used to convince the reader of a writer's argument (s) relating to a debatable issue.
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He said Jared Loughner had not displayed in the neighborhood the kind of argumentative, nonsensical behavior that raised concerns about his mental health at Pima Community College, where he was suspended last fall and directed to get a mental evaluation before returning.
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He said Jared Loughner had not displayed in the neighborhood the kind of argumentative, nonsensical behavior that raised concerns about his mental health at Pima Community College, where he was suspended last fall and directed to get a mental evaluation before returning.
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"There were a few- un-American dirty commie pinko symps, no doubt- who decried the resultant proliferation of "argumentative" devices among high-powered autos."
Rabett Run EliRabett 2009
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But my aim here is at a particular kind of history--an 'argumentative' history, for lack of a better phrase - which explores the appearance and construction of canonical texts within particular arguments, and tries generally to avoid taking a position on the merits of substantive claims.
Bartrum on The Constitutional Canon as Argumentative Metonymy Mary L. Dudziak 2009
madmouth commented on the word argumentative
food that doesn't agree with you.
May 7, 2009
bilby commented on the word argumentative
See casu marzu.
May 7, 2009
madmouth commented on the word argumentative
oh boy. that's downright combative.
May 8, 2009