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| Main Entry: | polemic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | argumentative |
| Synonyms: | belligerent, combative, contentious, contrary, controversial, disputatious, eristic, factious, fire-eating, having a chip on one's shoulder*, litigious, opinionated, polemical, pugnacious, quarrelsome, salty, scrappy, spiky, touchy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | polemic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument |
| Synonyms: | altercation, beef*, bicker, blowup, bone, bone of contention*, brawl, brush, clash, contention, controversy, debate, difference of opinion, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, exchange, face-off, falling, feud, fight, flap*, fuss*, go*, hassle, out*, quarrel, rhubarb*, romp, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, run-in, scene, scrap, shindy*, spat, squabble, static*, stew*, tiff, word, words, wrangle, bickering, bone to pick*, brannigan*, crusher*, dustup*, finisher*, gin*, knock down and drag out*, knockdown*, set-to, talking heads* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | controversy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debate, dispute |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, beef*, brush, contention, difference, discussion, disputation, embroilment, falling-out*, flak, fuss, hurrah, miff, quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrap, squabble, strife, tiff*, words, wrangle, bickering, dissention, polemic, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | accord, agreement, forbearance, harmony, peace, quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discussion of issues; consideration |
| Synonyms: | agitation, altercation, argument, cogitation, contention, contest, controversy, deliberation, dialectic, disputation, dispute, forensic, hassle, match, meditation, reflection, tiff, words, wrangle, argumentation, blah-blah, controverting, mooting, polemic, rebutting, refuting |
| Antonyms: | agreement |
| Main Entry: | dispute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument |
| Synonyms: | altercation, beef*, bone of contention*, brawl, broil, brouhaha, commotion, conflict, contention, controversy, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, discussion, dissension, disturbance, embroilment, falling-out, feud, fireworks*, flare-up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff*, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, rumpus*, squabble, squall, strife, tiff, uproar, variance, words, wrangle, bickering, polemic |
| Antonyms: | agreement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | argument |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effort to convince; presentation of support |
| Synonyms: | assertion, case, claim, contention, debate, defense, discussion, exchange, grounds, logic, plea, pleading, proof, questioning, reason, reasoning, remonstrance, argumentation, expostulation, line of reasoning, polemic, remonstration |
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| Main Entry: | disagree |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
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quarrelsome, abusive, adverse, ajar, answerable, aristarchian, at a discount, at cross-purpose, at daggers drawn, at feud, at high words, at issue, at loggerheads, at odds, at sixes and sevens, at variance, bad, biting, blameworthy, blown upon, captious, carping, censorious, chid, clamorous, condemnatory, controversial, contumacious, critical, cutting, cynical, damnatory, defamatory, denominational, denunciatory, disagreeing, disapproved, disapproving, discontented, discordant, disgruntled, disparaging, disputatious, dissentient, dissenting, dissident, disunited, dry, embroiled, exceptionable, exploded, extorted, factious, fastidious, gladiatorial, grudging praise, hard upon, hostile, hypercritical, illaudatory, in bad odor, in hot water, inconsequential, inexcusable, intropunitive, judgmental, litigant, litigious, negative, non-content, non-juring, objurgatory, on bad terms, opposed, out of the question, out of tune, pejorative, pettifogging, polemic, protestant, rabulistic, recusant, rejectaneous, rejected, rejectitious, reprehensible, reproachful, sarcastic, sardonic, scandalized, schismatic, sectarian, severe, sharp, snooty, sparing of praise, stuck-up, supercilious, taboo, to blame, together by the ears, tongue-whaled, torn, trenchant, unacknowledged, unapproved, unavowed, unbewailed, unblest, uncommendable, uncomplimentary, unconsenting, unconverted, unconvinced, underrated, undeserving, unfavorable, unflattering, unlamented, unpacific, unpacified, unplausive, unpopular, unpromising, unreconciled, unsatisfactory, unsung, unwilling, unworthy, up in arms, verboten, wrong
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