controversialist

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who regularly engages in public controversy or polemical debate

   The controversialist answered criticism sharply but quoted every opponent fairly.

Formed from controversial + -ist. Controversial derives from controversy, through Latin controversia, literally a 'turning against' from contra, 'against,' + versus, 'turned.' The suffix marks a person characteristically engaged in such disputes.

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