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Contention

Contention Meaning & Definition
Contention Definition And Meaning

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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