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disputation

  • /dɪsˌpjuːˈteɪʃən/ UK

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Where it comes from

English dispute + -ation, from Old French disputation, from Latin disputatio.

noun disputations

  1. countable, uncountable The 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.
  2. countable, uncountable A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other over a belief or proposition.

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"disputation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/disputation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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disputation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/disputation

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"disputation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/disputation.

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@misc{disputation_2026,
  title = {disputation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disputation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}