eristical

1. 1.

   given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments

   Synonymseristic

   Similarargumentative

Questions about eristical

What does eristical mean?

eristical means "given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments".

How many syllables are in eristical?

eristical has 4 syllables and divides as e-ri-sti-cal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for eristical?

Close synonyms include eristic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.