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contestation
noun
(con-tes-ta-tion)
a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
Synonyms:
arguing
,
argument
,
contention
,
controversy
,
disceptation
,
disputation
,
tilt
,
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controversy
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dissent
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disagreement
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challenge
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protest
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challenges
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rebuttal
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disputing
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questioning
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avoidance
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counter-claim
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discourse
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factionalism
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conflict
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legitimation
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nationalism
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infighting
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irreconcilability
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disjuncture
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sectionalism
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africanist
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consociational
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peoplehood
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disputations
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pluralism
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ethnicism
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parliamentarianism
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tribalism
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circumscription
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dialectics
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reflexion
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ethnocentrism
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partyism
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debates
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polemics
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dissensions
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majoritarianism
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particularism
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autarchy
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democratic
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praxis
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socio
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eurocentrism
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syncretism
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petty bourgeoisie
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uhuru
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marginalization
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polity
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acrimonies
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construal
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universalism
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legalist
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judeophobia
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res publica
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oppositions
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subjectivism
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cooptation
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discords
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mudslinging
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quarrels
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collectivity
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reformism
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politics
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diarchy
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europeanisation
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electioneering
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mobocracy
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politicking
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democratization
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monarchism
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institutionalism
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theorization
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hybridity
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negation
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alterity
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politik
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concertation
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anarchism
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divisionary
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intendment
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dissidence
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arbitrariness
,
democracy
,
chauvinism
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marginality
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contestation
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