A contrarian is someone who takes an opposing view, especially for the sake of being difficult, contentious or in opposition to the generally held view.
argumentative. adjective. showing disapproval someone who is argumentative often argues or disagrees with people.
What makes a person want to always be the contrarian in every conversation? To play devil's advocate. To be a devil's advocate essentially means that they argue a point they don't necessarily agree with to further discussion and conversation. 9.
But oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) includes a frequent and ongoing pattern of anger, irritability, arguing and defiance toward parents and other authority figures. ODD also includes being spiteful and seeking revenge, a behavior called vindictiveness.
They turn the story around to make it seem like you are at fault, deflecting attention and blame away from them to make you feel guilty. This type of emotional manipulation is called gaslighting.
dissension Add to list Share. You can use the noun dissension for situations where people just can't agree or get along.
Argumentative personalities could stem from a wide range of factors including: Communication behaviors learned in childhood. Unhappiness. Insecurity or shame.
Someone who is argumentative is always ready to disagree or start arguing with other people.
nonconformist Add to list Share. A nonconformist is someone who doesn't conform to other people's ideas of how things should be. Activists, artists, street performers, your wacky uncle Marvin — anyone who marches to the beat of a different drummer is a nonconformist.
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refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible. noun. a person who refuses to agree or compromise, as in politics.
an·tag·o·nist an-ˈta-gə-nist. : one that contends with or opposes another : adversary, opponent.
Here are some narcissism red flags to look out for: Lacking empathy. They seem unable or unwilling to have empathy for others, and they appear to have no desire for emotional intimacy. Unrealistic sense of entitlement.
“It's not my fault, it's because of you/money/stress/work.” “If you wouldn't have done this, I wouldn't have done that.” “You knew what you were getting into; this is just the way that I am.”
Blame shifting is a convenient way for a narcissist to side step any responsibility and shift an argument from the actual facts of the debate, to who is to blame for it happening. (And that is never them.) You'll often notice a narcissist using this strategy when they're caught out.
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When a person is inexorable, they're stubborn. When a thing or process is inexorable, it can't be stopped. This is a word for people and things that will not change direction. An inexorable person is hard-headed and cannot be convinced to change their mind, no matter what.
contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful. expressing extreme contempt. contumelious. arrogantly insolent.
Definitions of know-it-all. someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others. synonyms: know-all. type of: egoist, egotist, swellhead. a conceited and self-centered person.
If you love to argue, you're eristic. Being eristic is a fairly common quality for a debater to have. Eristic describes things that have to do with an argument, or simply the tendency to debate, especially when someone loves to win an argument and values that more highly than arriving at the truth.
High-conflict people (HCPs) tend to have a pattern of behavior that increases or keeps conflicts going, rather than calming or resolving them. They tend to have four key characteristics: Preoccupation with blaming others (their Targets of Blame) Lots of all-or-nothing thinking (and solutions)
belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, quarrelsome, contentious mean having an aggressive or fighting attitude. belligerent often implies being actually at war or engaged in hostilities. belligerent nations.