disputation

English

Etymology

From Old French disputation, from Latin disputatio.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˌpjuːˈteɪʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

disputation (countable and uncountable, plural disputations)

  1. The act of disputing; a dispute or argument
  2. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.

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