Search:   Dictionary All Posts
Store Your Knowledge at the Brain Bank!
Login / Register - It's free!

disputation Definition

Cancel
Login to Create a ListRegister for Free!
disputation
noun(dis-pu-ta-tion)
a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, tilt,
disputation
noun(dis-pu-ta-tion)
the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
Synonyms: debate, public debate,

Words Related to disputation!

debate, public debate, discourse, argumentation, dialectic, contestation, polemics, cogitation, hairsplitting, disceptation, theorization, dualism, ritualism, theologizing, incommensurability, sectionalism, disputison, particularism, indefiniteness, sophistic, scatology, hermeneutics, obiter dicta, antinomy, preachment, indeterminacy, locus classicus, supernaturalism, tumults, quarrels, nebulousness, charlatanry, literalism, archaism, ascription, pedantry, pietism, solemnities, unreason, legalism, casuistry, syllogisms, tetchiness, irrelevancies, indirectness, irreconcilability, fisticuffs, angelic doctor, sophists, discords, theodicy, sophism, scientism, prolixity, sadducees, apocalypticism, nominalism, antipathies, eschaton, panegyrics, racialism, subjectivism, atavism, monism, versification, logical positivism, manichaeism, anthropocentrism, disjunction, eurocentrism, scholasticism, cacophonic, denominationalism, deism, dubiety, teleology, pompousness, speciousness, incoherency, syncretism, sarcasms, exegetical, presentism, irrationalism, vituperation, argutation, explication, construal, anathemas, expostulation, vitalism, kulturkampf, factuality, vulgarisation, trinitarian, interjection, irreligion, malignity, catholicism, rancor,

disputation Examples by Brain Bank Users