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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | controversy |
| Synonyms: | argumentation, debate, dialectic, dispute, dissension, forensic, mooting, polemics |
| Antonyms: | harmony |
| Main Entry: | debate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discussion of issues; consideration |
| Synonyms: | agitation, altercation, argument, argumentation, blah-blah, cogitation, contention, contest, controversy, controverting, deliberation, dialectic, disputation, dispute, forensic, hassle, match, meditation, mooting, polemic, rebutting, reflection, refuting, tiff, words, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agreement |
| Main Entry: | dialectic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | logic, reasoning |
| Synonyms: | argumentation, contention, debate, deduction, discussion, disputation, forensic, logical argument, mooting, persuasion, polemics, question-and-answer method, ratiocination |
| Notes: | a dialect is geographical or social variety of speech, whereas dialectic is a form of reasoning or argumentation that focuses on resolving contradictions |
| Main Entry: | diatribe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harangue, criticism |
| Synonyms: | abuse, castigation, denunciation, disputation, invective, jeremiad, objection, onslaught, philippic, reviling, screed, stricture, tirade, vituperation |
| Antonyms: | praise, recommendation |
| Main Entry: | discussion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk with another |
| Synonyms: | altercation, analysis, argument, argumentation, canvass, colloquy, confabulation, conference, consideration, consultation, contention, controversy, conversation, debate, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, disputation, dispute, dissertation, examination, exchange, excursus, groupthink, huddle, interview, meet, meeting, powwow, quarrel, review, scrutiny, symposium, ventilation, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | dissertation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scholarly thesis |
| Synonyms: | argumentation, commentary, critique, discourse, disputation, disquisition, essay, exposition, memoir, monograph, tractate, treatise |
| Notes: | thesis is for a master's degree and a dissertation is for a doctorate |
| Main Entry: | quarrel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement |
| Synonyms: | affray, altercation, argument, battle royal, beef, bickering, brannigan, brawl, breach, broil, catfight, combat, commotion, complaint, contention, controversy, difference, difference of opinion, difficulty, disapproval, discord, disputation, dispute, dissension, dissidence, disturbance, dust*, falling-out, feud, fight, fisticuffs, fracas, fray, fuss, hassle, misunderstanding, objection, rhubarb, row, ruckus*, run-in, scrap, set-to, spat, squabble, strife, struggle, tiff, tumult, vendetta, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agreement, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | argumentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | presentation of argument |
| Synonyms: | argument, case, debate, discussion, disputation, line of reasoning |
| Main Entry: | forensics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argumentation |
| Synonyms: | debate, disputation, rhetoric |
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