| 单词 | contestation |
| 释义 | contestation (once / 112565 pages) n WORD FAMILY contestation: contestations+/contest: contestable, contestation, contested, contestee, contester, contesting, contests/contestable: contestably, incontestable/contested: uncontested/contestee: contestees/contester: contesters/incontestable: incontestably/uncontested: uncontestedly USAGE EXAMPLESConsidering all that could have gone wrong, Americans were lucky not to have a major contestation of the results on Nov. 8. Slate(Nov 17, 2016) Since the 1960s, when racial conflicts exploded, American values and national identity have been under contestation. Seattle Times(Jul 17, 2016) Like all parties in a democracy like ours, the GOP is a site of contestation. Slate(May 04, 2016) n a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement Syn|Hypo|Hyper arguing, argument, contention, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt argle-bargle, argy-bargy a verbal dispute; a wrangling argument firestorman outburst of controversy sparringan argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage polemica controversy (especially over a belief or dogma) fightan intense verbal dispute conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute a disagreement or argument about something important |
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