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   disputation

   /ˌdɪspjʊˈteɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. debate or argument: "promoting consensus rather than disputation"
   • ▪ formal academic debate: "the founding father of logical disputation"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin disputatio(n-), from the verb disputare (see dispute).

   Derivatives

   • 1. disputative adjective

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   What does disputation mean?

   • Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of DISPUTATION is the action of disputing : verbal controversy. How to use disputation in a sentence.

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   What is a disputation argument?

   • A disputation is a formal argument or debate, like the heated but thoughtful disputation your classmates have over whether Marvel or DC Comics is superior. The term disputation comes from a Latin root, disputare, meaning "weigh, examine, discuss, argue, or explain."

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   What does it mean if something is disputable?

   • 1. to argue against or deny. I'm not disputing what you say. 2. to argue (about). They disputed the ownership of the land for years. (an) argument or quarrel. a dispute over wages. able to be argued about. Whether this change was an improvement is disputable.

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   When did disputation start?

   • In the ancient Near East, disputation was a popular genre of literature that went back at least to the mid-3rd millennium BC with the onset of Sumerian disputations, followed by the first Akkadian-language disputations which began in the 18th century BC.

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   disagreement or debate (= formal discussion of a topic on which people disagree): In religious disputation, there is no place for insult or invective. This led to long legal disputations. See. dispute. Fewer examples.

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     DISPUTATION meaning: 1. disagreement or debate (= formal...

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     disputation definicja: 1. disagreement or debate (= formal...

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   1. : the action of disputing : verbal controversy. continuous disputation between them. ideological disputations. 2. : an academic exercise in oral defense of a thesis by formal logic. Synonyms. contestation. controversy. debate. difference. difficulty. disagreement. dispute. dissension. dissention. dissensus. firestorm. nonconcurrence.

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   Disputation definition: the act of disputing or debating; verbal controversy; discussion or debate.. See examples of DISPUTATION used in a sentence.

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   Definitions of disputation. noun. the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) synonyms: debate, public debate. see more. noun. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement. synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, tilt.

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   Disputation is a genre of literature involving two contenders who seek to establish a resolution to a problem or establish the superiority of something. An example of the latter is in Sumerian disputation poems .

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   noun. /ˌdɪspjuˈteɪʃn/ [countable, uncountable] (formal) a discussion about something that people cannot agree on Topics Opinion and argument c2. Word Origin. Definitions on the go. Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.

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   n. 1. the act of disputing or debating; verbal controversy; discussion or debate. 2. an academic exercise stressing the formal arguing of a thesis. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. disputation.