Synonyms for argumentation
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Inference based on reasoning from given propositions.
His chain of argumentation is flawed.
Forms
- Plural
- argumentations → arguments, debates, disputes, controversies…
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Argument or argumentation was formerly used of deductive reasoning only.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- argument No one could get the better of him in an argument.
- debate The matter of his successor is still under debate.
- dispute Go is a game of dispute and conquest of territory.
- controversy She has waded into one controversy after another.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| argumentation | rising | |
| argument | steady | |
| debate | rising | |
| dispute | steady | |
| controversy | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- line1
- 6 letters
- debate2
- 7 letters
- dispute2
- 8 letters
- argument3
- 11 letters
- controversy4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (debate2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- argumentation
- Italiano
- argomentazione
- Español
- argumentación
- Català
- argumentació