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contestation

noun
/ˌkɒn.tɛsˈteɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌkɑn.tɛsˈteɪ.ʃən/CA/ˌkɔn.tesˈtæɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From contest + -ation.

  1. derived from contestor — “to call to witness”
  2. derived from contester
  3. suffixed as contestation — “contest + ation”

Definitions

  1. The act of contesting

    The act of contesting; emulation

  2. The act of challenging or disputing a claim or idea.

    • Contempt and loathing for body and nature are central to the operations of white male grievance, and any contestation of these politics will require us to challenge the somatophobia and ecophobia with which they are bound up.

  3. Proof by witness

    Proof by witness; attestation; testimony.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for contestation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA