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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahr-gyuh-men-tey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɑr gyə mɛnˈteɪ ʃən



Définition of argumentation

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun presentation of argument
Example sentences :
  • Her argumentation would puzzle him and cast him down for a time.
  • Extract from : « To-morrow » by Joseph Conrad
  • I did not suppose she could have understood all of Sebright's argumentation.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • He retained a great deal of his old enthusiasms and lov'd argumentation.
  • Extract from : « Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin » by Benjamin Franklin
  • Argumentation is the process of establishing the truth or falsity of a thing.
  • Extract from : « Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism » by F. V. N. Painter
  • Nothing else can be deducted from their argumentation, and this is what we maintain ourselves.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Bread » by Peter Kropotkin
  • Who cares about his argumentation or his learning, if he was the rest?
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
  • It would be a logic of discovery, not a logic of argumentation, proof and persuasion.
  • Extract from : « Reconstruction in Philosophy » by John Dewey
  • The time for further consideration and argumentation was gone.
  • Extract from : « rminius Vambry, his life and adventures » by rminius Vambry
  • But the facts which we have described overthrow this argumentation.
  • Extract from : « The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life » by Emile Durkheim
  • What an absurd study, taught, as it was, as an aid to argumentation!
  • Extract from : « Our Friend John Burroughs » by Clara Barrus

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