disputation
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin disputatio
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
[edit] Noun
disputation (plural disputations)
- The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument.
- A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:dispute
