contestation

English

Etymology

From contest +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒn.tɛsˈteɪ.ʃən/, [ˌkɒn.tɛsˈteɪ.ʃn̩]
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑn.tɛsˈteɪ.ʃən/, [ˌkɑn.tɛsˈteɪ.ʃn̩]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔn.tesˈtæɪ.ʃən/, [ˌkɔn.tesˈtæɪ.ʃn̩]
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

contestation (countable and uncountable, plural contestations)

1. The act of contesting; emulation

   Synonyms: rivalry, strife, dispute

2. The act of challenging or disputing a claim or idea.
   • 2022, Marisol Cortez, “Ambivalent Anality: Revisiting the Queer Ecology of "the Jackass Moment"”, in Media+Environment:

     Contempt and loathing for body and nature are central to the operations of white male grievance, and any contestation of these politics will require us to challenge the somatophobia and ecophobia with which they are bound up.

3. Proof by witness; attestation; testimony.

Translations

The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute

• Bulgarian: спор (bg) (spor), оспорване (bg) (osporvane)
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 f (haifsts)
• Romanian: contestare (ro) f, tăgăduire (ro) f, contestație (ro) f; disputare (ro) f

Anagrams

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

contestation f (plural contestations)

1. challenge, dispute
2. protest

Further reading

• “contestation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.