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Having a predisposition to argue or engage in confrontations

Of or involving strongly critical or disputatious writing or speech

Causing, or likely to cause, an argument or controversy

Favoring, or characterized by, extreme ideas that may be divisive

In opposition to official policy

Biased or distorted in nature due to being propaganda

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Having a predisposition to argue or engage in confrontations

having a chip on one's shoulder

confrontational

ready for a fight

have chip on shoulder

ill-humoured^UK

spoiling for a fight

like a bear with a sore head

on a short fuse

have a bone to pick

easily offended

as cross as two sticks

passive-aggressive

insurrectionary

looking for trouble

at daggers drawn

individualistic

unaccommodating

itching to fight

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

having got out of bed the wrong side

dead set against

dissenting from

acting in opposition

in disagreement with

at variance with

bundle of nerves

set in one's ways

pass-remarkable

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“John's polemical nature often led to heated debates and confrontations, as he always seemed eager to argue his viewpoints regardless of the context.”

Adjective

Of or involving strongly critical or disputatious writing or speech

“As statement that would be ok if it were an op-ed or a polemical essay.”

Adjective

Causing, or likely to cause, an argument or controversy

“The polemical zeal characterizing theological controversy during the two centuries since the period of the Reformation was itself turning into a polemical issue in the eighteenth century.”

Adjective

Favoring, or characterized by, extreme ideas that may be divisive

insurrectionary

insurrectionist

overenthusiastic

party-political

politically aware

passive-aggressive

individualistic

party political

perfectionistic

detail oriented

undisciplinable

over-enthusiastic

obstinately disobedient

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Adjective

In opposition to official policy

insurrectionary

individualistic

insurrectionist

nonconventional

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Adjective

Biased or distorted in nature due to being propaganda

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