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Eristic vs Agonistic - What's the difference?

eristic | agonistic |

As adjectives the difference between eristic and agonistic

is that eristic is of something or someone provoking strife, controversy or discord while agonistic is of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.

As a noun eristic

is one who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious.

eristic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of something or someone provoking strife, controversy or discord.
    • A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic. — Coleridge.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious.
  • A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest.

    • agonistic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
  • (zoology, anthropology) Characterised by conflict or hostility.
  • * 2006 , Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation , Atlantic Books 2007, p. 66:
    • This was clearly such an event, but like the ancient religion of Israel, it was also deeply agonistic .
  • (rhetoric) Argumentative, combative.
  • (pharmacology) Pertaining to an agonist.

    • Derived terms

    * agonistic buffer * agonistic monoclonal antibody * agonistic muscle * agonistic pluralism * agonistic threat display