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German
Etymology
18th century, borrowed from Medieval Latin querulāns. In its broadened sense associated with unrelated quer (“cross, diagonal”).
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Noun
Querulant m (weak, genitive Querulanten, plural Querulanten, feminine Querulantin)
- (psychology) querulant
- grouser, griper (someone who constantly complains, especially about perceived wrongs)
- Synonyms: Nörgler, Meckerer
- (by extension) someone who obstinately and truculently advances their (unpopular) opinions; someone who seems to enjoy antagonizing the majority; a pighead, maverick
- Synonyms: Querkopf, Quergeist
2021 June 21, Tilman Baumgärtel, “Ende der Querdenker-Bewegung: Urlaub von der Wirklichkeit”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Ähnliches konnte man schon bei Pegida oder den sogenannten Montagsdemonstrationen 2015 beobachten: Einer kleinen Gruppe von Querulanten gelangt [read: gelang] es damals, den öffentlichen Diskurs nachhaltig zu beeinflussen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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