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Disputation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The act of disputing; debate.

n. An academic exercise consisting of a formal debate or an oral defense of a thesis.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. 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.

n. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of disputing or debating; argumentation; controversy; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, or proposition.

n. An exercise in which parties debate and argue on some question proposed, as in a school or college.

n. Augustine disputation. See Augustine.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

n. the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)

Word Usage

"Hitchens loved what he called "disputation" – there was little difference between his public and private speaking styles – and America, a more oral culture than Britain's, offered ample opportunity."

Hypernym

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public speaking speechmaking oral presentation speaking

Synonym

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dispute

Rhyme

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Same Context

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