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单词 disputation
释义 dis·pu·ta·tion
\ˌdispyəˈtāshən, -(ˌ)spyüˈ-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English disputacioun, from Latin disputation-, disputatio, from disputatus (past participle of disputare) + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the act of disputing : controversy, debate
 < there is a familiar disputation among painters and critics over the relative merits of modern and traditional art — Atlantic >
 < in a heated disputation with another driver who had dented his front fender >
specifically : a formal rhetorical exercise in which somebody propounds and defends a thesis or in which two parties reason in opposition to each other
2. obsolete : interchange especially conversational
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