English-Thai Dictionary

disputation

N การโต้เถียง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISPUTATION

n.[L.] 1. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest, respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition or argument.
2. An exercise in colleges, in which parties reason in opposition to each other, on some question proposed.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISPUTATION

Dis `pu *ta "tion, n. Etym: [OE. desputeson, disputacion, OF. desputeison, F. disputation, fr. L. disputatio. See Dispute, v. i.]

 

1. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument.

 

2. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

disputation

dis pu ta tion |ˌdispyo͝oˈtāSHən ˌdɪspjuˈteɪʃən | ▶noun debate or argument: promoting consensus rather than disputation | a lengthy disputation about the rights and wrongs of a particular request. • formal academic debate: the founding father of logical disputation | scholastic disputations. DERIVATIVES dis put a tive |-ˈpyo͞otətiv |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin disputatio (n- ), from the verb disputare (see dispute ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

disputation

dis ¦pu |ta ¦tion |dɪspjuːˈteɪʃ (ə )n, -pjʊˈt -| ▶noun [ mass noun ] debate or argument: promoting consensus rather than disputation | [ count noun ] : a lengthy disputation about the rights and wrongs of a particular request. • formal academic debate: the founding father of logical disputation | [ count noun ] : scholastic disputations. DERIVATIVES disputative |dɪˈspjuːtətɪv |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin disputatio (n- ), from the verb disputare (see dispute ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

disputation

disputation noun we'll have no religious disputation in this house: debate, discussion, dispute, argument, arguing, altercation, dissension, disagreement, controversy; polemics.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

disputation

disputation noun we'll have no politics and no religious disputation in this house: debate, discussion, dispute, argument, arguing, argumentation, altercation, wrangling, sparring, dissension, disagreement, disharmony, conflict, contention, controversy; polemics; rare contestation, velitation.

 

Duden Dictionary

Disputation

Dis pu ta ti on Substantiv, feminin bildungssprachlich , die |Disputati o n |lateinisch disputatio a wissenschaftliches Streitgespräch, in dem ein Thema, ein Fragenkomplex öffentlich erörtert wird b das Vertreten, Verteidigen von wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten zur Erlangung eines akademischen Grades

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

disputation

dis pu ta tion /dɪ̀spjətéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 U C ｟かたく ｠論争, 議論, 討論 (すること ).