argumentation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: argumentation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for argumentation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
argumentation n a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on" Synonym(s): argument, argumentation, debate a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning" Synonym(s): argumentation, logical argument, argument, line of reasoning, line
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Argumentation \Ar`gumenta"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. Which manner of argumentation, how false and naught it is, . . . every man that hath with perceiveth. --Tyndale. 2. Debate; discussion. Syn: Reasoning; discussion; controversy. See {Reasoning}.