controversialist

English

Etymology

controversial +‎ -ist

Noun

controversialist (plural controversialists)

One who regularly engages in public controversies.
Richard Dawkins has become a leading controversialist in a few areas.
- 1847-1886, James Crossley (editor), notes in The Diary and Correspondence of Dr. John Worthington
  His indefatigable adversary, who is the perfect model of an agile controversialist, had attacked him as a magniloquent Thraso, on account of his Pansophical promises.

Translations

one who regularly engages in public controversies

French: controversiste (fr)
Irish: aighneasóir m
Turkish: tartışmacı (tr)

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