disputation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act of disputing; a dispute or argument.
A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other over a belief or proposition.

/dɪsˌpjuːˈteɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disputation.wav

disputation disputations

English dispute + -ation, from Old French disputation, from Latin disputatio.

disputable disputant disputatious dispute

disputationism

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