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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of opening an academic disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree. UK

   "This is only a Trick to turn off the Opponency"

Example

More examples

"This is only a Trick to turn off the Opponency"

Etymology

From opponent + -cy?

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