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DISCEPTATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disceptation mean?
• DISCEPTATION (noun)
The noun DISCEPTATION has 1 sense:
1. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
Familiarity information: DISCEPTATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
arguing; argument; contention; contestation; controversy; disceptation; disputation; tilt
Context example:
they were involved in a violent argument
Hypernyms ("disceptation" is a kind of...):
conflict; difference; difference of opinion; dispute (a disagreement or argument about something important)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disceptation"):
argle-bargle; argy-bargy (a verbal dispute; a wrangling argument)
firestorm (an outburst of controversy)
sparring (an argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage)
polemic (a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma))
fight (an intense verbal dispute)
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