contestation
pronunciation
How to pronounce contestation in British English:
UK [ˌkɒntes'teɪʃən]
How to pronounce contestation in American English:
US [ˌkɒntes'teɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
Word Origin
- contestation (n.)
- 1540s, from Latin contestationem (nominative contestatio), "an attesting, testimony," noun of action from past participle stem of contestari (see contest (v.)).
Example
- 1. Paths of contestation and neglect : positioning postwar student political activism in singapore .
- 2. And it is enough to have a little experience to know that this contestation is always strictly correlative .
- 3. He could have but one , namely , that of supremacy without contestation and without controversy .
- 4. In this conclusion , I introduce the liberalism and " new left " . It includes representational person , main thought and their contestation .
- 5. The earthquake , he has written , " fostered a culture of catastrophe defined by political and ideological opportunism , contestation and resilience , as well as a culture of reconstruction in which elites sought to not only rebuild tokyo , but also reconstruct the japanese nation and its people . "