disputation

noun

dis·pu·ta·tion | \ˌdis-pyə-ˈtā-shən

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Definition of disputation

1 : the action of disputing : verbal controversy continuous disputation between them ideological disputations

2 : an academic exercise in oral defense of a thesis by formal logic

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years of debate and disputation a heated disputation over the true authorship of the poem popularly known as “The Night Before Christmas”

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The signature Tel Aviv cafés were the Rowal and the Cassit, both staying open until dawn to allow émigré writers to conclude their disputations. — Norman Lebrecht, WSJ, "‘A Rich Brew’ Review: A Remarkable Cultural Infusion," 28 June 2018 There’s some disputation with the referee, who says play on. — Andrew Keh And James Wagner, New York Times, "Mexico Loses to Sweden. Mexico Advances. Celebrate?," 28 June 2018 Being Jewish is knowing Jewish history in some depth; being Jewish is engaging with the incomparable treasury of disputation that is the Talmud; being Jewish is immersion in the boundless glories of Jewish literature, poetry, philosophy and art. — Simon Schama, New York Times, "How to Be a Jew in the Age of Trump?," 26 Mar. 2018 From the outside, the American South of 2017 may seem stuck in a one-note loop of grim historical disputation, with fights over the Confederate flag and monuments interrupted only by meteorological disaster. — Richard Fausset, ajc, "Easy pleasures and hard questions in Southern magazines," 10 Sep. 2017 From the outside, the American South of 2017 may seem stuck in a one-note loop of grim historical disputation, with fights over the Confederate flag and monuments interrupted only by meteorological disaster. — Richard Fausset, ajc, "Easy pleasures and hard questions in Southern magazines," 10 Sep. 2017 From the outside, the American South of 2017 may seem stuck in a one-note loop of grim historical disputation, with fights over the Confederate flag and monuments interrupted only by meteorological disaster. — Richard Fausset, ajc, "Easy pleasures and hard questions in Southern magazines," 10 Sep. 2017 From the outside, the American South of 2017 may seem stuck in a one-note loop of grim historical disputation, with fights over the Confederate flag and monuments interrupted only by meteorological disaster. — Richard Fausset, ajc, "Easy pleasures and hard questions in Southern magazines," 10 Sep. 2017 From the outside, the American South of 2017 may seem stuck in a one-note loop of grim historical disputation, with fights over the Confederate flag and monuments interrupted only by meteorological disaster. — Richard Fausset, ajc, "Easy pleasures and hard questions in Southern magazines," 10 Sep. 2017

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disputation

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English Language Learners Definition of disputation

: a disagreement or argument

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