disputation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /dɪsˌpjuːˈteɪʃən/ (UK)
Etymology
English dispute + -ation, from Old French disputation, from Latin disputatio.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of disputing; a dispute or argument.
And like the battles fought over baptism by sprinkling as opposed to total immersion, these modern-day disputations can be tedious.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 13:
- (countable, uncountable) A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other over a belief or proposition.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disputations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
dispute · disputatious · disputant · disputable
Translations (1)
es disputación (noun)