ARGUMENTATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does argumentation mean?
• ARGUMENTATION (noun)
The noun ARGUMENTATION has 2 senses:
1. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
2. the methodical process of logical reasoning
Familiarity information: ARGUMENTATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ARGUMENTATION (noun)
Meaning:
A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
argumentation; debate; argument
Context example:
the argument over foreign aid goes on and on
Hypernyms ("argumentation" is a kind of...):
discussion; give-and-take; word (an exchange of views on some topic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "argumentation"):
logomachy (argument about words or the meaning of words)
Meaning:
The methodical process of logical reasoning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
line of reasoning; logical argument; argumentation; line
Context example:
I can't follow your line of reasoning
Hypernyms ("argumentation" is a kind of...):
abstract thought; logical thinking; reasoning (thinking that is coherent and logical)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "argumentation"):
line of inquiry; line of questioning (an ordering of questions so as to develop a particular argument)
casuistry (argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading)
policy (a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government)
