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disputation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, tilt |
| Type of | difference of opinion, dispute, conflict, difference |
| Has types | argle-bargle, argy-bargy, fight, firestorm, polemic, sparring |
| Derivation | dispute |
disputation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | debate, public debate |
| Type of | public speaking, speechmaking, oral presentation, speaking |
| Derivation | dispute |
Examples of disputation
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Cloudy disputation was further clouded by the fumes of Gauloises Bleues cigarets.
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He summarised his convictions in six theses, and called for a public disputation.
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The dominant activity is free-wheeling, disrespectful, anti-authority disputation.
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The city council decided to work out the matter of images in a second disputation.
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Informality, disputation and disrespect for authority are core Danish traits.
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That seems true, so don't hear what I say next as a disputation of what you said here.
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The disputation between Eck and Karlstadt began at Leipzig on 27 June 1519.
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This meeting, the first Zurich disputation, took place on 29 January 1523.
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The Baden disputation exposed a deep rift in the Confederation on matters of religion.
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- Debate: the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
- Controversy: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
- (disputatious) contentious: inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"
- In the scholastic system of education of the Middle Ages, disputations (in Latin: disputationes, singular: disputatio) offered a formalized method of debate designed to uncover and establish truths in theology and in sciences. ...
- 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 ...
- (disputatious) Of or relating to something that is in question as to its value or intent; Inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate
- (disputatious) (adj) - argumentative
- (Public) defence of one's thesis at the end of a doctorate programme.
- A discussion marked by formal debate, often as an exercise; here, meaning an argument.
