Englishdispute +‎-ation, fromOld Frenchdisputation, fromLatindisputatio.

• (UK)IPA^(key): /dɪsˌpjuːˈteɪʃən/

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• Rhymes:-eɪʃən

disputation (countable anduncountable,pluraldisputations)

1. The act ofdisputing; adispute orargument.
   • 1981,William Irwin Thompson,The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page13:

     And like the battles fought over baptism by sprinkling as opposed to total immersion, these modern-daydisputations can be tedious.

2. Arhetoricalexercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other over a belief or proposition.

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• disputable
• disputant
• disputatious
• dispute

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