Meanings
plural contestations
- countableuncountableThe act of challenging or disputing a claim or idea.
Contempt and loathing for body and nature are central to the operations of white male grievance, and any contestation of these politics will require us to challenge the somatophobia and ecophobia with which they are bound up.
2022, Marisol Cortez, “Ambivalent Anality: Revisiting the Queer Ecology of "the Jackass Moment"”, in Media+Environment
Synonyms & antonyms
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nouna contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian спор, оспорване
- спор (spor)The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute
- оспорване (osporvane)The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute
Romanian contestare, tăgăduire
- contestareThe act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute
- tăgăduireThe act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute
- contestațieThe act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute
- disputareThe act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute
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Cite this entry
contestation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contestation
“contestation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contestation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contestation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contestation.
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