contestation

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English

Etymology

From contest +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

Noun

contestation (countable and uncountable, plural contestations)

  1. The act of contesting; emulation
    Synonyms: rivalry, strife, dispute
  2. The act of challenging or disputing a claim or idea.
    • 2022, Marisol Cortez, “Ambivalent Anality: Revisiting the Queer Ecology of "the Jackass Moment"”, in Media+Environment:
      Contempt and loathing for body and nature are central to the operations of white male grievance, and any contestation of these politics will require us to challenge the somatophobia and ecophobia with which they are bound up.
  3. Proof by witness; attestation; testimony.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/
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Noun

contestation f (plural contestations)

  1. challenge, dispute
  2. protest

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