contestation

[ kon-te-stey-shuh n ]

/ ˌkɒn tɛˈsteɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act of contesting; controversy; dispute.

an assertion contended for.

Nearby words

contentment, conterminous, contessa, contest, contestant, contestation, context, context of situation, contextomy, contextual, contextual definition

Origin of contestation

1540–50; (< Middle French) < Latin contestātiōn- (stem of contestātiō). See contest, -ation

Related forms

non·con·tes·ta·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for contestation

It would be an immediate object of, as academics often put it, “contestation.”
We've Got Bigger Problems Than a Confederate Flag|John McWhorter|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In one of them nearly a third part of the territory of the State of Maine is in contestation.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents|James D. Richardson