Disputation

Synonyms for "disputation" (54 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Noun(5 words)

argument controversy debate agon arguing

altercation apologetics apologia apology bickering casuistry

Strong matches (16)

combat conflict contest defense dialectic dispute

Noun(10 words)

contention contestation critique debates debatingdialectical exercisedialectics disceptation dispute disputes

Related words (27)

Noun(10 words)

disputing dissent gainsaying impugning polemic polemisepublic debaterefutationscholastic methodtilt

dissertation enmity fighting hassle hostility hubbub litigation logomachy polemic quarrel rhubarbset tostrife struggle war warfare wrangling

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More general

13 entries

argumentation conflict critique differencedifference of opiniondiscussion disputeeducational practiceoral presentationphilosophical methodpublic speakingspeaking speechmaking

More specific

8 entries

dialectical disputationdialogical challengeformal debatehistorical disputationlogical refutationoral disputationpeer questioningscholastic disputation

Collocations

6 entries

academic disputationdisputation sessionformal disputationoral disputationscholarly disputationscholastic disputation

Inflections

1 entries

disputations

Derivations

2 entries

disputant disputational

Sample sentences

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And like the battles fought over baptism by sprinkling as opposed to total immersion, these modern-day disputations can be tedious.

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