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Definition: Argumentation |
ArgumentationNoun1. Methodical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "argumentation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references) |
Etymology: Argumentation \Ar`gu*men*ta"tion\, noun. [Latin expression argumentatio, from argumentari: compare to the French expression argumentation.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: ArgumentationSynonyms: line (n), line of reasoning (n), logical argument (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Reasoning, | Argumentation, controversy, debate; polemics, wrangling; contention; logomachy; disputation, disceptation; paper war. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Argumentation |
| English words defined with "argumentation": casuistry ♦ Discursus ♦ forensic ♦ logical fallacy ♦ special pleading. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Argumentation" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (argumentation), German (argument, argumentation, reasoning), Swedish (argumentation). |
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| "Argumentation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Argumentation" is used about 48 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 48 | 49,194 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
argumentation | 29 |
argumentation essay | 10 |
argumentation l publicitaire | 4 |
debate and argumentation | 4 |
argumentation topic | 3 |
argumentation theory | 3 |
argumentation essay sample | 2 |
argumentation essay example | 2 |
argumentation essay persuasion | 2 |
argumentation essay topic | 2 |
argumentation breast | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "argumentation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | arsyetim (descant, intellection, logic, rationality, rationalization, reasoning, recollection, Rede, speculation, understanding), argumentim (grounding, reasoning), diskutim (argument, assessment, canvass, contest, contestation, debate, deliberation, discussion, disputation, dispute, eristic, logomachy, talk, treatment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مناقشة (debate, discussion, dispute, talk), مرافعة (argument, defence, pleading). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | спор (altercation, argument, contention, contest, contestation, controversy, difference, ding-dong, disputation, dispute, dissension, fight, jar, polemic, rift, run in, strife, variance, velitation, word, words), теза (paper, thesis), обсъждане (agitation, canvass, conference, consideration, consultation, deliberation, discussion, dispute, parley, powwow), аргументация, аргументиране. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | argumentace. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | argumentatie, vertoning (demonstration, show, spectacle), betoog. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | argumentado. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | todistelu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | argumentation (argument). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | argumintaasje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | argumentation (argument, reasoning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συζήτηση (argument, controversy, conversation, debate, deliberation, discussion, disputation, dispute, disquisitional, question). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | וכוח (altercation, argument, contention, controversy, debate, discussion, disputation, moot, polemic), פלפול (casuistry, debate, dispute), " מק" (reasoning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bizonyítás (demonstration, documentary evidence, documentation, substantiation, verification), érvelés (argument, reasoning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | argumentasi, pembuktian (verification), dalil (postulate, proposition, tenet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | argomentazione (reasoning), discussione (argument, debate, discussion, palaver, parley, question, talk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | arganeys (disputation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | argumentashon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | argumentationay argumentação (contention, discussion, plea). (various references) argumentare (ratiocination, reasoning), argumentaţie, discuţie (altercation, argument, canvass, confabulation, conversation, counsel, debate, dialogue, discourse, discussion, dispute, quarrel, reasoning, row, splutter, talk). (various references) аргументация (reasoning). (various references) argumentacija (debate). (various references) argumentación, razonamiento (argument, reasoning), discusión (agitation, argument, cample, conference, controversy, debate, discussion, disputation, dispute, haggling). (various references) argumenterande, argumentation, bevisning (demonstration, establishment, proves), bevisföring (demonstration, submission of evidence). (various references) yargılama (judgement, trial), uslamlama, tartışma (altercation, argument, bickering, brawl, breeze, broil, bust up, contention, contest, contestation, controversy, cross talk, debate, disagreement, discussion, disputation, dispute, hassle, jangle, moot, parley, quarrel, rap, row, set to, shooting match, spar, sparring, teach-in, wordy warfare, wrangle), münakaşa (altercation, argument, bickering, disputation, dispute, hassle, spat). (various references) спір (contest, disputation, dispute), аргументація (argument, case, reasoning). (various references) sự tranh luận (contention, controversy, discussion), luận chứng sự tranh cãi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adiutori, adiutoria, adiutorii, adiutoriis, adiutorio, adiutorium, argumentatio, ratio. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "argumentation": argumentations. (additional references) | |
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"Argumentation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: argumention, augumentation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "argumentation" (pronounced Ä'rgyumentā"shun) |
| 10 | -y u m e n t ā" sh u n | documentation. |
| 9 | -u m e n t ā" sh u n | implementation, ornamentation, regimentation. |
| 8 | -m e n t ā" sh u n | augmentation. |
| 7 | -e n t ā" sh u n | misrepresentation, orientation, ostentation, representation. |
| 6 | -n t ā" sh u n | confrontation, disorientation, experimentation, fermentation, fragmentation, implantation, incantation, indentation, instrumentation, pigmentation, plantation, presentation, recantation, sedimentation, segmentation, transplantation. |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | accreditation, adaptation, affectation, agitation, amputation, annotation, cetacean, citation, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, connotation, consultation, crustacean, decapitation, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, dilatation, disputation, dissertation, equitation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, exploitation, facilitation, flirtation, flotation, gestation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, importation, imputation, incapacitation, incrustation, infestation, inhabitation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, lactation, levitation, limitation, manifestation, meditation, misinterpretation, molestation, mutation, notation, palpitation, permutation, precipitation, premeditation, protestation, quotation, recitation, reforestation, refutation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, reputation, resuscitation, rotation, sanitation, solicitation, station, superstation, temptation, transportation, vegetation, visitation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-i-m-n-n-o-r-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: augmentation. | |
-3 letters: antinature, automating, enamouring, maturating, maturation, natatorium, numerating, numeration, outearning, remounting, tormenting, tournament, tramontane. | |
-4 letters: amounting, antitumor, aragonite, argumenta, attorning, augmentor, emanating, emanation, enamoring, intermont, magnetron, manganite, marginate, mattering, mentation, mentoring, morganite, muttering, nattering, negotiant, neuromata, nontarget, nutriment, omnirange, orangutan, outeating, outrating, rattening, tarnation, tautening, termagant, truanting. | |
-5 letters: aerating, aeration, aeronaut, ageratum, agitator. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-i-m-n-n-o-r-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: argumentations. | |
+4 letters: multigenerational. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 72 67 75 6D 65 6E 74 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-. --. ..- -- . -. - .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110010 01100111 01110101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A r g u m e n t a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0072 0067 0075 006D 0065 006E 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35847387797180866786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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