About The Word Contention
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Contention
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What's The Definition Of Contention?
[n] the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
[n] a point asserted as part of an argument [n] a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" Synonyms | Synonyms for Contention: arguing | argument | competition | contestation | controversy | disputation | rivalry | tilt Related Terms | Find terms related to Contention: altercation | antagonism | anteposition | antipathy | antithesis | apologetics | apologia | apology | argument | argumentation | argumentative | bellicose | belligerence | belligerent | bicker | bickering | blood feud | brawl | broil | bucking | captious | carping | casuistry | caviling | challenge | clash | clashing | collision | combative | conflict | confrontation | confrontment | contentious | contestation | contradiction | contraposition | contrariety | contrary | contrast | contravention | contraversion | controversial | controversy | counteraction | counterworking | crosscurrent | crossing | defense | denial | despitefulness | difference | disaccord | disaffinity | discord | discordance | discordancy | Discordia | disharmony | disputation | disputatious | dispute | dissension | dissent | dissidence | disunity | donnybrook | donnybrook fair | embroilment | enmity | Eris | faultfinding | feud | fiery | fight | fliting | flyting | fracas | friction | froward | fuss | hassle | hasty | hate | hatred | head wind | hostility | hotheaded | hubbub | hurrah | imbroglio | impetuous | impugnation | impugnment | incompatibility | incompatibleness | inharmoniousness | inharmony | jangle | jar | litigation | litigious | logomachy | malevolence | malice | malignity | militant | mischief | negation | noncooperation | open conflict | open quarrel | opposing | opposition | opposure | oppugnation | paper war | passage of arms | peppery | perverse | polar opposition | polarity | polarization | polemic | polemical | polemics | posing against | pugnacious | quarrel | quarrelsome | quarrelsomeness | rebutment | rebuttal | refusal | rejection | repugnance | resistance | rhubarb | rub | rumpus | scrappy | set-to | sharp words | slanging match | snarl | spat | spite | spitefulness | squabble | standing against | strained relations | strife | tension | tiff | traversal | truculent | tussle | undercurrent | unharmoniousness | unpleasantness | variance | vendetta | verbal engagement | war of words | warlike | words | wrangle | wrangling See Also | argle-bargle | argy-bargy | assertion | asseveration | averment | conflict | contest | difference | difference of opinion | dispute | group action | polemic | sparring | submission Contention In Webster's Dictionary \Con*ten"tion\, n. [F. contention, L. contentio. See
{Contend}.]
1. A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist,
something; contest; strife.
I would my arms could match thee in contention.
--Shak.
2. Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel;
dispute; as, a bone of contention.
Contentions and strivings about the law. --Titus
iii. 9.
3. Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.
An end . . . worthy our utmost contention to obtain.
--Rogers.
4. A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument
taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or
strife; a position taken or contended for.
All men seem agreed what is to be done; the
contention is how the subject is to be divided and
defined. --Bagehot.
This was my original contention, and I still
maintain that you should abide by your former
decision. --Jowett.
Syn: Struggle; strife; contest; quarrel; combat; conflict;
feud; litigation; controversy; dissension; variance;
disagreement; debate; competition; emulation.
Usage: {Contention}, {Strife}. A struggle between two parties
is the idea common to these two words. Strife is a
struggle for mastery; contention is a struggle for the
possession of some desired object, or the
accomplishment of some favorite end. Neither of the
words is necessarily used in a bad sense, since there
may be a generous strife or contention between two
friends as to which shall incur danger or submit to
sacrifices. Ordinarily, however, these words denote a
struggle arising from bad passions. In that case,
strife usually springs from a quarrelsome temper, and
contention from, a selfish spirit which seeks its own
aggrandizement, or is fearful lest others should
obtain too much. Strife has more reference to the
manner than to the object of a struggle, while
contention takes more account of the end to be gained.
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