Argumentation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Argumentation \Ar`gu*men*ta"tion\, n. [L. argumentatio, from
     argumentari: cf. F. argumentation.]
     1. The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing
        conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion;
        the operation of inferring propositions, not known or
        admitted as true, from facts or principles known,


        admitted, or proved to be true.
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              Which manner of argumentation, how false and naught
              it is, . . . every man that hath with perceiveth.
                                                    --Tyndale.
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     2. Debate; discussion.
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     Syn: Reasoning; discussion; controversy. See {Reasoning}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  argumentation
       n 1: a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against
            some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign
            aid goes on and on" [syn: {argument}, {debate}]
       2: the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow
          your line of reasoning" [syn: {logical argument}, {line of
          reasoning}, {line}]