contestationnoun [ U ]
/ˌkɒn.tesˈteɪ.ʃən//ˌkɑːn.tesˈteɪ.ʃən/the act of arguing or disagreeing about something:
There is still considerable contestation over various mining projects.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Arguing & disagreeing
- afoul
- agitate
- beg
- bet
- bicker
- cat
- conflicting
- contrarian
- exchange words idiom
- gherao
- incongruent
- lock
- make a case for sth idiom
- mano a mano
- row 1
- slang
- spar
- split
- variance
- wrangle
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