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Disputation
noun
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Noun
- 1 The act of disputing; a dispute or argument. countable, uncountable
"And like the battles fought over baptism by sprinkling as opposed to total immersion, these modern-day disputations can be tedious."
- 2 a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement wordnet
- 3 A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other over a belief or proposition. countable, uncountable
- 4 the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) wordnet
Etymology
English dispute + -ation, from Old French disputation, from Latin disputatio.
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