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Disputative

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Dis`put´a`tive
a.1.Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper.
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Adj.1.disputative - inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"
combative, contentious, disputatious, litigious
argumentative - given to or characterized by argument; "an argumentative discourse"; "argumentative to the point of being cantankerous"; "an intelligent but argumentative child"


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Informatively engaging readers from first page to last, In State Of Becoming deftly covers commonly controversial issues affecting the church and effective, practical, and tactics with which to avoid, ameliorate, or positively assist in resolving disputative issues for the betterment of the churches larger interests.
Church Conflict by Buhle, Willis M. / Reviewer's Bookwatch
By alluding to many authors, adapting their topics, Colonna's practice appears more emulative than imitative, but not disputative or eristic.
The Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, image, text, and vernacular poetics * by Trippe, Rosemary / Renaissance Quarterly
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