play the ball and not the man
play the man and not the ball
fend and prove
polemicize
counterparry
indisputably
red-baiting
poison the well
counterargue
polemical
handbag
wrangle
quarrelsome
argumentum ad hominem
quiddity
talk sense
quibble
cavil
dispute
battle out
controvert
threap
argumentative
challenge
appeal to motive
argue like a married couple
sledge
unargumentative
squabbly
eristic
wank
contest
quarrel out
casuistry
impugn
polemics
litigious
stickle
parry
have it out
make a stink
sidebar comment
raise hell
touché
butt heads
argumentum ad baculum
keep one's head below the parapet
oppose
raise a stink
block
counterargument
quarrel
argumentatory
postulator
blowout
recuse
fallacy
deke
attack
opponent
borking
nutrider
difference
skate over
argufy
argumenthood
wag a finger
out of the way
out-of-the-way
counter-argumentative
gotcha
sophist
talk around
above the fray
affrontment
drop the gloves
sidetrack
come to blows
slug it out
quarrel with
I said what I said
unpersuade
toe-dance
argumentum ad passiones
set by the ears
argumentativity
protest
exceptionable
take the meaning
side
objection
fratchy
objectionable
dissent
position

English words for 'To object to someone's argument by attacking the argument itself instead of them or a facet of their personality; to avoid or make the opposite of an ad hominem attack. Usually considered a positive action, and an avoidance of a fallacious argumentative technique. Often used in comparison to play the man and not the ball.'

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