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Controversialist vs Controversialism - What's the difference?

controversialist | controversialism |

As nouns the difference between controversialist and controversialism

is that controversialist is one who regularly engages in public controversies while controversialism is the attitude or tendency to engage in controversy.

controversialist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who regularly engages in public controversies.
    • Richard Dawkins has become a leading controversialist in a few areas.
  • * 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.

    controversialism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The attitude or tendency to engage in controversy.