Provoking strife, controversy or discord.
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.
Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike.
Aggressively supporting of a political or social cause; adamant, combative.
Specifically, someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant, or who engages in aggressive left-wing politics.
An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction.