disputation
11disputation — [n] controversy argumentation, debate, dialectic, dispute, dissension, forensic, mooting, polemics; concepts 278,532 Ant. harmony …
12disputation — ► NOUN ▪ debate or argument. DERIVATIVES disputative adjective …
13disputation — [dis΄pyo͞o tā′shən] n. [ME disputacioun < L disputatio] 1. the act of disputing; dispute 2. discussion marked by formal debate, often as an exercise …
14Disputation — For the iconographic subject, see Christ among the Doctors. A disputation between Jewish and Christian scholars, (1483). In the scholastic system of education of the Middle Ages, disputations (in Latin: disputationes, singular: disputatio)… …
15Disputation — Die Disputation ist ein wissenschaftliches Streitgespräch, das eine der Prüfungsformen zur Erlangung von akademischen Graden darstellt. Geschichte Die Bezeichnung Disputation kann aus dem lateinischen disputatio und quaestio disputata (Quaestio)… …
16disputation — (di spu ta sion) s. f. Discussion régulière entre deux ou plusieurs personnes. • À bas les disputations cardinales et quodlibétaires, V. HUGO dans le Dict. de POITEVIN.. Écrit en forme de discussion. HISTORIQUE XIIIe s. • Il me conta… …
17Disputation — Wortstreit; Streitgespräch; Auseinandersetzung; Debatte; Diskussion * * * Dis|pu|ta|ti|on 〈f. 20〉 Meinungsaustausch, wissenschaftliches Streitgespräch (in dem zur Erlangung eines akadem. Grades die eigene wissenschaftl. Arbeit verteidigt werden… …
18disputation — [[t]dɪ̱spjʊte͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] disputations N VAR Disputation is discussion on a subject which people cannot agree about. [FORMAL] After much legal disputation our right to resign was established. Syn: debate …
19disputation — UK [ˌdɪspjʊˈteɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌdɪspjəˈteɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms disputation : singular disputation plural disputations very formal a discussion in which people disagree strongly …
20disputation — noun Date: 14th century 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 …
