argumentativeadj.

/ɑːɡjuːˈmɛntətɪv/

Etymology: < French argumentatif, -ive, < Latin argūmentāt- (see argumentate v.) + -ive suffix, as if < Latin *argūmentātīvus.

†1. Of the nature of an argument (for); of weight as evidence (of). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > serving to support or confirm

cited?1555

justificative1611

confirmatory1636

confirmative1641

argumentative1642

confirming1661

affirmative1702

supporting1763

supportive1771

justificatory1779

1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. 35 Even this is argumentative for us.

1661 H. P. Cressy Reflexions Oathes Supremacy 41 Their silence in this point..is surely very argumentative.

1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) i. 126 If Pliny a Heathen could make this fertility of Wheat argumentative of the Bounty of God to Man.

2. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by argument; controversial; logical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adjective]

controversious1548

argumentable1588

argumental1595

warlikea1603

controversary1610

polemic1614

polemical1615

eristical1624

controversal1634

eristic1637

controversial1638

argumentative1647

agonisticala1652

agonistic1656

disputatious1660

controvertistical1707

gladiatorial1813

conversional1861

voiceful1879

challengeful1903

1647 T. May Hist. Parl. i. ix. 115 To vent their opinions in argumentative way.

1828 T. B. Macaulay Hallam's Constit. Hist. in Edinb. Rev. Sept. 98 Hallam [gives us] a critical and argumentative history.

1861 A. P. Stanley Lect. Eastern Church (1869) vii. 245 The close argumentative style of his writings.

3. Given or addicted to argumentation; capable or fond of arguing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adjective] > engaging in controversy, disputatious

unpeaceablec1384

disputative1579

disputablea1616

disputeful1631

controversial1638

controversal1641

obstreperous1641

contradictive1643

disputing1645

controverting1646

chop-logicala1652

disputatious1660

argumentative1667

argumentive1668

disputant1671

contradictiousa1677

disceptatious1682

obstropolous1727

disceptatorial1821

contradictory1891

backtalking1938

1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour 16 It is not out of any design to play the Argumentative Poet.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxxiii. 257 He possessed a strong, capacious, argumentative mind.

1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner 4 The argumentative Mr. Macey..shook his head.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	argumentative
释义	argumentativeadj. /ɑːɡjuːˈmɛntətɪv/ Etymology: < French argumentatif, -ive, < Latin argūmentāt- (see argumentate v.) + -ive suffix, as if < Latin argūmentātīvus. †1. Of the nature of an argument (for); of weight as evidence (of). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > serving to support or confirm cited?1555 justificative1611 confirmatory1636 confirmative1641 argumentative1642 confirming1661 affirmative1702 supporting1763 supportive1771 justificatory1779 1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig.* 35 Even this is argumentative for us. 1661 H. P. Cressy Reflexions Oathes Supremacy 41 Their silence in this point..is surely very argumentative. 1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) i. 126 If Pliny a Heathen could make this fertility of Wheat argumentative of the Bounty of God to Man. 2. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by argument; controversial; logical. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adjective] controversious1548 argumentable1588 argumental1595 warlikea1603 controversary1610 polemic1614 polemical1615 eristical1624 controversal1634 eristic1637 controversial1638 argumentative1647 agonisticala1652 agonistic1656 disputatious1660 controvertistical1707 gladiatorial1813 conversional1861 voiceful1879 challengeful1903 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. i. ix. 115 To vent their opinions in argumentative way. 1828 T. B. Macaulay Hallam's Constit. Hist. in Edinb. Rev. Sept. 98 Hallam [gives us] a critical and argumentative history. 1861 A. P. Stanley Lect. Eastern Church (1869) vii. 245 The close argumentative style of his writings. 3. Given or addicted to argumentation; capable or fond of arguing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adjective] > engaging in controversy, disputatious unpeaceablec1384 disputative1579 disputablea1616 disputeful1631 controversial1638 controversal1641 obstreperous1641 contradictive1643 disputing1645 controverting1646 chop-logicala1652 disputatious1660 argumentative1667 argumentive1668 disputant1671 contradictiousa1677 disceptatious1682 obstropolous1727 disceptatorial1821 contradictory1891 backtalking1938 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour 16 It is not out of any design to play the Argumentative Poet. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxxiii. 257 He possessed a strong, capacious, argumentative mind. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner 4 The argumentative Mr. Macey..shook his head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1642
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