controversialist
1. and he was a skilful controversialist, quick, logical, and incisive.
他能争善辩,思路敏捷,说理逻辑严密,批判尖锐辛辣。
2. John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s counterculture as responsible for the decline of formal English.
他认为20世纪60年代的反传统文化是正式英语衰退的原因。