Definition
A person who frequently engages in or enjoys controversy; someone skilled at debate and argument.
Etymology
From controversial plus the suffix -ist, which denotes a person associated with something.
Kelly Says
Controversialists were common in academia and religious circles—people like Christopher Hitchens made careers out of being provocative controversialists who relished debate.
Translations
ARالعربية
مُثير للجدل
mu-thir lil-jaddal
CACatalà
controversista
kon-tro-ver-si-sta
CSČeština
kontroverzní
kon-tro-ver-zni
DADansk
debatør
de-bat-or
DEDeutsch
Kontroversalist
kon-tro-ver-sa-li-st
ELΕλληνικά
διαφωνητής
dee-ah-fo-nee-tis
ESEspañol
controversialista
kontro-ver-see-ah-li-sta
FISuomi
kiistanalaisen
kiis-tan-lai-sen
FRFrançais
controversier
kontro-vuh-r-z-ee-ay
GUGU
વાદવિવાદી
vaad-vi-vaadi
HAHA
magana mai yawa
ma-ga-na mai ya-wa
HIहिन्दी
विवादवादी
vi-vaad-vaadi
HUMagyar
vitatkozó
vitat-ko-zo
IDBahasa Indonesia
pembicara kontroversial
pembicara kon-tro-ver-see-al
IGIG
onye na-agba-agba
on-ye na-agba-agba
ITItaliano
controversialista
kon-tro-ver-see-ah-li-sta
JA日本語
論争論者
ron-sei-ron-sha
KKKK
келісеуші
ke-li-se-u-shi
KMKM
អ្នកប្រឆាំង
an-k pra-cha-ang
KO한국어
논쟁론자
non-jeong-ron-ja
MSBahasa Melayu
pembahas kontroversial
pembah-as kon-tro-ver-see-al
MYမြန်မာ
ပြောဆိုသူ
pyau-so-thu
NLNederlands
controversialist
kon-tro-ver-see-ah-li-st
NONorsk
debattør
de-bat-tor
PAPA
ਵિવાદਕਾਰ
vi-vaad-ka-ar
PLPolski
kontrowersyjny
kon-tro-ver-sjen-ny
PTPortuguês
controversialista
kontro-ver-see-ah-li-sta
RORomână
controversator
kon-tro-ver-sa-tor
RUРусский
провокатор
pro-vo-ka-tor
SVSvenska
debattör
de-bat-tor
SWKiswahili
mjadala
mja-da-la
TAதமிழ்
விவாதக்காரர்
vi-va-tha-ka-kar-ar
TEతెలుగు
వివాదకారుడు
vi-va-da-ka-ru-du
THไทย
ผู้สร้างการโต้เถียง
poo-sraeng ka-tan toe-thae-yang
TLTL
kontrobersyalista
kon-tro-ber-syal-i-sta
TRTürkçe
tartışmacı
tar-tish-mach-ee
UKУкраїнська
провокатор
pro-vo-ka-tor
VITiếng Việt
người gây tranh cãi
ngoo-ee ghai tranh-cai
YOYO
ọ̀kan tí ó ń ṣẹ̀ọ̀
o-kan ti o n she-o
ZUZU
umuntu oqeqa
oo-moon-too o-keh-kah