Respecting Hades. Hades was a god who was hard to please and turned a deaf ear to prayers or praise (Bose, 2012). The Greek philosopher Plato observes that the people preferred calling him Pluto (the giver of wealth) over pronouncing the dreaded name of Hades, believing it was an unlucky taboo to do so (Atsma, 2011).
Full Definition of ADVERSARIAL. : of, relating to, or characteristic of an adversary or adversary procedures. See adversarial defined for English-language learners. ADVERTISEMENT.
Adversarial legal process[edit] The use of an adversarial process by the criminal or civil court to decide the social attitude to an alleged wrongdoing of a defendant, penalties to be imposed, and restitution to be awarded to their deemed victim often depends on the adversarial witness questioning.