Disputation

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement wordnet
  3. 3
    A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other over a belief or proposition. countable, uncountable
  4. 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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