argumentation
noun
, -ˌmen-\
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Synonyms
argument, argy-bargy [chiefly British], back-and-forth, colloquy, confab, confabulation, conference, consult, consultation, council, counsel, debate, deliberation, dialogue (also dialog), discussion, give-and-take, palaver, parley, talk
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For him, the argumentation was purely practical: Human productivity is positively influenced by longer weekends. — Azamat Omuraliev, Quartz, "We should start working less now to mentally prepare ourselves for automation," 27 June 2019 Sessions’s argument that U.S. citizens should unquestioningly submit and obey to governing authorities follows these lines of argumentation. — Laura Nasrallah, Washington Post, "What Jeff Sessions got wrong when quoting the Bible," 15 June 2018 Ratings for grammar, vocabulary and argumentation were similar between groups. — Amanda Macmillan, Time, "It's True: Alcohol Helps You Speak a Foreign Language Better," 20 Oct. 2017 The reader feels less and less interested in the narrative vicissitudes, and might well start glazing over in those passages of argumentation in which each thing is revealed to be its opposite. — Sven Birkerts, New Republic, "Laurent Binet and the Case of the Dead Author," 20 Sep. 2017 In short, the United States got the resolution not by clever arm-twisting or persuasive argumentation but by accommodating Beijing's reservations. — chicagotribune.com, "Analysis: Donald Trump is defining successful foreign policy down," 8 Aug. 2017 His philosophizing relied on a particularly college-aged line of argumentation. — Nick Bilton, The Hive, "Silicon Valley Murder Mystery: How Drugs and Paranoia Doomed Silk Road," 19 June 2017 His philosophizing relied on a particularly college-aged line of argumentation. — Nick Bilton, The Hive, "Silicon Valley Murder Mystery: How Drugs and Paranoia Doomed Silk Road," 19 June 2017 Music is no stranger to argumentation and the tireless dance of human subjectivity. — Riordan Zentler, sandiegouniontribune.com, "At Cow Records in Ocean Beach, one man keeps the vinyls spinning," 23 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'argumentation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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