controversialistnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌkɒn.trəˈvɜː.ʃəl.ɪst/us/ˌkɑːn.trəˈvɝː.ʃəl.ɪst/a person who likes to disagree with other people and say things that make people angry or think about a subject:
a religious controversialist
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Debate & discussion
- arena
- compare
- conciliate
- dialectic
- float around
- fly
- fly around
- get down to business idiom
- negotiable
- negotiate
- parley
- powwow
- reason with sb
- reasoning
- sophistry
- speak
- talk sth out
- talk sth over
- toss
- weigh in
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