Synonyms of disputation

disputation

noun

ˌdi-spyə-ˈtā-shən 

as in dispute

variance of opinion on a matter

a heated disputation over the true authorship of the poem popularly known as "The Night Before Christmas"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dispute
• debate
• controversy
• disagreement
• contestation
• difference
• dissension
• contention
• firestorm
• difficulty
• dissensus
• argument
• nonconcurrence
• conflict
• quarrel
• discord
• clash
• dissonance
• confliction
• collision
• strife
• struggle
• fight
• altercation
• misunderstanding
• disaccord
• set-to
• combat
• division
• divarication
• apartness
• falling-out
• bicker
• kickup

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• agreement
• consensus
• harmony
• acceptance
• accord
• compliance
• unanimity
• peace
• concord

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disputation

According to him, advances in machine learning have yanked questions once trapped inside theological/philosophical disputations into corporate board packs. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025

Jake is a single father who has brought Kristen up in the severe Calvinist tradition, marked by Bible disputations of Talmudic intricacy and by a radical detachment from secular and popular culture. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2023

Seven decades later, this culture of disputation emerged as a central theme in Timothy Garton Ash’s The Magic Lantern, his eyewitness report on the Eastern European revolutions of 1989. — Susie Linfield, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2022

By taking steps to remember that politics always involves disputation, even among those who vote for the same candidates and affiliate with the same party, Americans may begin to rediscover the ability to respectfully disagree with opponents. — Robert B. Talisse, The Conversation, 3 Jan. 2022