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DEMAND FOR EXPLANATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does demand for explanation mean? 

DEMAND FOR EXPLANATION (noun)
  The noun DEMAND FOR EXPLANATION has 1 sense:

1. a challenge to defend what someone has saidplay

  Familiarity information: DEMAND FOR EXPLANATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEMAND FOR EXPLANATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A challenge to defend what someone has said

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

calling into question; demand for explanation

Hypernyms ("demand for explanation" is a kind of...):

challenge (a call to engage in a contest or fight)


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