disputatious

/dɪspjuːtˈe‍ɪʃəs/

/dɪspjuːtˈeɪʃəs/

[adjective]

disputatious

[ADJECTIVE]

inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

synonyms : combative

contentious

disputative

litigious

Examples

1. Democracy makes us, and this is a lovely word gloriously disputatious.

2. But of course, I'm going to start arguing about whether there's a proper divide between continental and analytical philosophers and get a bit disputatious about that distinction.

3. But Christianity's inheritance of the rational disputatious Greek philosophy led to powerfully divisive quarrels about the nature of God and other theological questions, which was perfectly in the tradition and uniquely in the tradition of Greek philosophical debate.