Contentious
Contentious adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Dialectic and contentious are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Dialectic" with "Contentious", this adjectives are similar.
Nearby Word: contention
Dialectic
Dialectic adjective - Of or relating to or employing dialectic.
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Contentious and dialectic are semantically related in disputatious topic. Sometimes you can use "Contentious" instead an adjective "Dialectic".
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