disputation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of disputing; a dispute or argument.
2. (countable, uncountable) A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other over a belief or proposition.

Synonyms

argument

debate

controversy

discussion

contention

public debate

dispute

arguing

disceptation

altercation

contestation

logic

contradiction

tilt

wrangle

eristic

fray

jangle

polemic

polemics

quarrel

question

❓

reasoning

rebuttal

refutation

row

ruckus

ruction

scrap

spat

squabble

wrangling

argle-bargle

argy-bargy

conflict

disquisitional

argumentation

brawl

broil

claim

clash

collision

💥

contravention

conversation

crosstalk

deliberation

dialectic

disagreement

discord

disproof

Translations

débat

disputa

discussion

discusión

querelle

tartışma

redetwist

disputa

discussione

disputation

polémique

dispute

polemica

αντιλογία

Streitgespräch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪsˌpjuːˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

English dispute + -ation, from Old French disputation, from Latin disputatio.