Meanings
plural disputations
- countableuncountableThe act of disputing; a dispute or argument.
And like the battles fought over baptism by sprinkling as opposed to total immersion, these modern-day disputations can be tedious.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 13 - countableuncountableA rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other over a belief or proposition.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
nouna contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latindisputatio
- Old Frenchdisputation
- Englishdisputation
English dispute + -ation, from Old French disputation, from Latin disputatio.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Spanish disputación
- disputaciónnoun
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with disputation
Cite this entry
disputation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disputation
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