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affectional(sensitive, poignant)
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affective(sensitive, poignant)
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agnostic(adjective, progressive, pragmatic, heterodox)
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agonistic
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analytic
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apostate(adjective, progressive, pragmatic, heterodox)
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appellant
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arguer
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arguments
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atheistic(adjective, progressive, pragmatic, heterodox)
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awkward(tough, tricky, problematic, argumentative, quarrelsome)
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bellicose
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cantankerous(argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome)
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captious(argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome)
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caviling(argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome)
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combatant
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complex
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complicated
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confuted
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contentiously
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