Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being argumentative.
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- noun the state of being
argumentative
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Examples
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He may not believe in relapse, but he is virtually becoming a poster child for signs that experts recognize can lead to relapse, such as denial, crisis-building, feelings of omnipotence, complacency, cockiness, argumentativeness, impatience and an it-can't-happen-to-me attitude.
Dr. Tian Dayton: Charlie Sheen: Not Emotionally Sober Dr. Tian Dayton 2011
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Patients who engaged in activities set out in their plans showed a reduction in the occurrence of behaviors such as agitation and argumentativeness.
Kathryn Haslanger: New Strategies For Alzheimer's And Dementia Care Help Family Caregivers, Too Kathryn Haslanger 2011
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He may not believe in relapse, but he is virtually becoming a poster child for signs that experts recognize can lead to relapse, such as denial, crisis-building, feelings of omnipotence, complacency, cockiness, argumentativeness, impatience and an it-can't-happen-to-me attitude.
Dr. Tian Dayton: Charlie Sheen: Not Emotionally Sober Dr. Tian Dayton 2011
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Patients who engaged in activities set out in their plans showed a reduction in the occurrence of behaviors such as agitation and argumentativeness.
Kathryn Haslanger: New Strategies For Alzheimer's And Dementia Care Help Family Caregivers, Too Kathryn Haslanger 2011
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“The longer I served in Washington, the more I saw friends studying my face for signs of a change, probing me for a newfound pomposity, searching for hints of argumentativeness or guardedness,” he wrote in The Audacity of Hope.
THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010
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“The longer I served in Washington, the more I saw friends studying my face for signs of a change, probing me for a newfound pomposity, searching for hints of argumentativeness or guardedness,” he wrote in The Audacity of Hope.
THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010
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If the candidate doesn't outwit the test, it will expose his or her propensity for arrogance, volatility, argumentativeness and perfectionist tendencies under stress.
Extreme Hiring 2010
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“The longer I served in Washington, the more I saw friends studying my face for signs of a change, probing me for a newfound pomposity, searching for hints of argumentativeness or guardedness,” he wrote in The Audacity of Hope.
THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010
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Most people who allege to have known him personally seem to agree that Calembour was a brilliant, talkative, yet ornery and disagreeable man prone to fits of alcoholism, chain-smoking, argumentativeness, graphomania, and elitism.
Excerpt from Calembouria (in collaboration with Anthony Metivier) 2010
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If being part of this tribe means that I love most everything about it -- the food, the language, the stories, the tradition, the hope, the journey, the values, the argumentativeness and the continuum -- I guess that makes me Jewish.
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