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11Contest — Con test, n. 1. Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation. [1913 Webster] Leave all noisy contests, all immodest clamors and brawling language. I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 2. Earnest struggle for superiority, victory,… …
12controversy — n. 1. Discussion, dispute, disputation, debate, polemics, altercation, logomachy, war of words, strife of words. 2. Lawsuit, suit at law, process in law …
13debate — I. n. 1. Disputation, controversy, discussion. 2. Altercation, contest, contention, dispute, logomachy, strife of words, war of words. II. v. a. 1. Discuss, argue, dispute, contest, canvass. 2. Battle for, contest, combat for, contend for,… …
14Seditious — Se*di tious, a.[L. seditiosus: cf. F. s[ e]ditieux.] 1. Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words. [1913 Webster] 2. Disposed to arouse, or… …
15Seditiously — Seditious Se*di tious, a.[L. seditiosus: cf. F. s[ e]ditieux.] 1. Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words. [1913 Webster] 2. Disposed to… …
16Seditiousness — Seditious Se*di tious, a.[L. seditiosus: cf. F. s[ e]ditieux.] 1. Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words. [1913 Webster] 2. Disposed to… …
17controversy — [n] debate, dispute altercation, argument, beef*, bickering, brush, contention, difference, discussion, disputation, dissention, embroilment, falling out*, flak, fuss, hurrah, miff, polemic, quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrap, squabble, strife,… …
18spat — [n] dispute, quarrel altercation, argument, beef*, bickering, brouhaha, conflict, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, dissension, embroilment, falling out, feud, flare up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff*, misunderstanding, row,… …
19Empedocles — M.R.Wright INTRODUCTION Empedocles was a native of Acragas (Agrigento) in Sicily, a Doric colony founded on the south coast of the island in the sixth century BC, which soon grew to rival Syracuse in its prosperity. A line of temples, many of… …
20literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
