disputation
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This pre-Renaissance tradition was that of the disputatio, or disputation, by which university lecturers and other public pundits were expected to allow periods of time for counterarguments regarding their ideas, theories and general assertions.
From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2023
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
This history of disputation around the uses of the term is what’s most interesting here, and it’s also what resists a “just-so” story about the word’s origins.
From Slate • Dec. 11, 2019
And now it was also I and not only Reb Saunders who was able to listen to Danny’s voice only through a Talmudic disputation.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
Vocabulary lists containing disputation
The Crucible
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The Horse and His Boy
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