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Originally Posted by Bev
So, as we can see, my usage of the word was perfectly correct.
However, maybe you have another definition for it, one not in any dictionary? Perhaps one you've "invented" (in the same way you admitted you "invented" the aortacrazy diagnosis?) If so, let's hear it.
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Eristic, from the ancient Greek word Eris meaning wrangle or strife, often refers to a type of argument where the participants fight and quarrel without any reasonable goal.
The aim usually is to win the argument and/or to engage into a conflict for the sole purpose of wasting time through arguments, not to potentially discover a true or probable answer to any specific question or topic. Eristic is arguing for the sake of conflict as opposed to the seeking of conflict resolution. (
-- most easily available source on Internet)
The pretense that there was no available clarification of what
eristic connotes is itself a piece of eristic. It's argument for the sake of arguing rather than a sincere attempt to get at the truth. It's a form of deliberately annoying behavior. That's what I see this Bev person doing,
very clearly. I already
demonstrated it yesterday.