disputation

[ dis-pyoo-tey-shuh n ]

/ ˌdɪs pyʊˈteɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act of disputing or debating; verbal controversy; discussion or debate.

an academic exercise consisting of the arguing of a thesis between its maintainer and its opponents.

Words nearby disputation

disproportionation, disprove, dispur, disputable, disputant, disputation, disputatious, dispute, disqualification, disqualify, disquantity

Origin of disputation

1350–1400; Middle English disputacioun < Latin disputātiōn- (stem of disputātiō), equivalent to disputāt(us) (past participle of disputāre; disput- (see dispute) + -ātus -ate¹) + -iōn- -ion; replacing desputisoun < Old French

OTHER WORDS FROM disputation

pre·dis·pu·ta·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for disputation

The neighbours now and then combine for disputation, others give themselves up in deep solitude to meditation and mortification.
The History of Antiquity, Volume IV (of 6)|Max Duncker
Your talk and disputation is nothing unless that name is rung.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
He regarded a disputation with the eye of a practised fencer, and sought the means of extending his fame over North Germany.
A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon|John Lord, A.M.
Next day I had nearly as good an audience, although it was the day for the disputation at the Sorbonne.
The Age of Erasmus|P. S. Allen

When the disputation was over, the sectarians were called upon to prove their devotion to Christianity by immediate action.
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume I (of 3)|S. M. Dubnow

British Dictionary definitions for disputation

disputation

/ (ˌdɪspjʊˈteɪʃən) /

noun

the act or an instance of arguing

a formal academic debate on a thesis

an obsolete word for conversation

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disputation

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Origin of disputation

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