disputation
English
Etymology
From Old French disputation, fromLatin disputatio.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˌpjuːˈteɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
disputation (countable and uncountable, plural disputations)
- The act of disputing; a dispute or argument
- A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:dispute
Related terms
- disputable
- disputant
- disputatious
- dispute