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Definitions for "Disputation"
Keywords:  proposition, argument, contentious, truth, argumentation
Related Terms: Argue, Argumentation, Appeal to authority, Affirmative, Debate, Contradict, Controversy, Argument, Conclude, Dispute, Argument, Reductio ad absurdum, Special pleading, Logical argument, Proof, Begging the question, Modus tollens, Premise, Fallacy, Contradiction, Peremptory, Fiction, Proposition, Trial, Sound argument, Inference, Logical fallacy, Ratiocination, Deductive argument, Contrary, Apodictic, Conclusion, Inductive argument, Justify, Resolve, Deliberation, Truism, Assert, Debate, Enthymeme, Deduction, Counterexample, Modus ponens, Dissent, Non sequitur, Closing arguments, Evidence, Allege, Issue, Ad hominem
The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument.
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A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.
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the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated proposition (usually followed by a vote)
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