argumentation
pronunciation
How to pronounce argumentation in British English:
UK [ˌɑ:gjumənˈteɪʃn]
How to pronounce argumentation in American English:
US [ˌɑrgjumənˈteɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- the methodical process of logical reasoning
Word Origin
- argumentation (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.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The argumentation for the legal validity of inductive reasoning in case-law .
- 2. It is widely accepted that the theory of argumentation has primarily originated from analytic philosophy .
- 3. Eventually I got over the worry about circular argumentation by deciding that the test of philosophical truth was overall coherence , rather than deducibility from unquestioned first principles .
- 4. In the argumentation that relevant wars were influenced to the mankind in the past , this book was most outstanding and the most powerful .
- 5. The understanding and definition of argument has been an important but controversial issue in contemporary argumentation theory .