disputation

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Santos's angry disputation was soon undermined after Rochard released a high-quality photo which appeared to show Santos wearing the same red feathered dress as in the first image.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2023

Rather than merely presenting an interpretation of Christian thought and expecting students to absorb it verbatim, scholastic teachers used disputation with students to hone their students’ argumentative skills, insight, and logical analysis.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

“The potential I sensed in this story was a debate, an almost Talmudic disputation, between a progressive and a conservative,” he said in an interview.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2019

We don’t yet know whether Kagan and Gorsuch wrangled over the language of the opinion, though such disputation wouldn’t be out of character for either.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2018

According to Kuhn, revolution always brings with it disputation and conflict; since there was virtually no disputation, it is all too easy to assume that there can have been no revolution.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton