argumentation








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  1. the process of developing or presenting an argument; reasoning.
  2. discussion; debate; disputation: The lengthy argumentation tired many listeners.
  3. a discussion dealing with a controversial point.
  4. the setting forth of reasons together with the conclusion drawn from them.
  5. the premises and conclusion so set forth.
  6. argument(def 5).

noun

  1. the process of reasoning methodically
  2. a less common word for argument (def. 2), argument (def. 3)
n.

mid-15c., “presentation of formal arguments,” from Old French argumentacion (14c.), from Latin argumentationem (nominative argumentatio) “the bringing forth of a proof,” noun of action from past participle stem of argumentari (see argue). Meaning “debate, wrangling, argument back and forth” is from 1530s.

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