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单词 contestation
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contestation

[ kon-te-stey-shuhn ]
/ ˌkɒn tɛˈsteɪ ʃən /
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noun

the act of contesting; controversy; dispute.
an assertion contended for.

Origin of contestation

1540–50; (<Middle French ) <Latin contestātiōn- (stem of contestātiō). See contest, -ation

OTHER WORDS FROM contestation

non·con·tes·ta·tion, noun

Words nearby contestation

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Example sentences from the Web for contestation

  • It would be an immediate object of, as academics often put it, “contestation.”

    We've Got Bigger Problems Than a Confederate Flag|John McWhorter|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • In one of them nearly a third part of the territory of the State of Maine is in contestation.

    A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents|James D. Richardson
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