controversialist

American  

[kahn-truh-vursh-uhl-ist] / ˌkɑn trəˈvɜrʃ əl ɪst /

noun

1. a person who stirs up controversy, enjoys controversy, or tends to view any subject as potentially controversial.

2. a person who is skilled at debate or argument.

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adjective

1. favoring or tending toward controversy.

Example Sentences

He was a controversialist, a horsefly on the body politic.

From New York Times

With the career of another talent controversialist Bernard Tomic now apparently in terminal decline, Australians are increasingly investing their hopes in teenager de Minaur and Ash Barty, who both play finals in Sydney on Saturday.

From Reuters

Over the past few weeks, the Girls creator and incorrigible controversialist has become ever more difficult to ignore.

From The Guardian

But depression, alcoholism and infamy have taken their toll on the Danish controversialist, he tells Xan Brooks.

From The Guardian

Extremists and controversialists on the left have been relatively safe from deplatforming.

From The Wall Street Journal