disputation

[ dis-pyoo-tey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of disputing or debating; verbal controversy; discussion or debate.

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

  1. Obsolete. conversation.

Origin of disputation

1
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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How to use disputation in a sentence

  • Let us now turn to the other section, that over some of which there is excellent reason for disputation, over others none.

    Antonio Stradivari | Horace William Petherick
  • Opulence introduced the cultivation of the fine arts, with a taste for literature, and consequently for disputation.

    A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
  • A very long disputation followed, in which Plaise was desired to humble himself to the bishop; but this he refused.

  • Of the language used in the disputation we do not know; nor can we tell how the two recognized each other.

  • 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

British Dictionary definitions for disputation

disputation

/ (ˌdɪspjʊˈteɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the act or an instance of arguing

  2. a formal academic debate on a thesis

  1. an obsolete word for conversation

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