Back Gadfly (philosophy and social science) English Tábano (filosofía y ciencias sociales) Spanish خرمگس اجتماعی Persian Moscardo (filosofía) Galician ټولنپاری Pashto/Pushto Гадфли Serbian
A social gadfly is a term for people who like to upset the status quo by asking upsetting or original questions. A gadfly tries to stimulate innovation by annoying others.
This word was coined by Socrates.