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ARGUING THE POINT
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DEBATE is contention by words or arguments; to discuss a question by considering opposed arguments. Another sense is to turn over in one's mind : to think about (something, such as different options) in order to decide. Discourse in order to reach conclusions or convince, similar to discuss, (implies a sifting of possibilities especially by presenting considerations pro and con) or argue (implies the offering of reasons or evidence in support of convictions already held.). From to Anglo-French debatre and Latin batter meaning “to beat.” Other: debatement - meaning a contention by words or arguments.
AGONISTIC - argumentative, aggressive or defensive social interaction (such as fighting, fleeing, or submitting) between individuals. From the Geeek specifically in the oldest sense of the word, an athletic contest called agons featured at public festivals with physical conflict to verbal jousting, it came to be used as a synonym for argumentative and later to mean "striving for effect" or "strained."
APOLOGIA - a defense especially of one's opinions, position, or actions. It implies no admission of guilt or regret but a desire to make clear the grounds for some course, belief, or position. From the Middle English apologe meaning "formal defense," borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin apologie meaning "public defense in speech or writing," from Late Latin apologia meaning "speech in defense and Greek apología, meaning "speech in defense of the Christian faith by a martyr, excuse, vindication before God.” Derivative of apologeîsthai meaning “to speak in defense, defend oneself.”
ARGY-BARGY - British for a lively discussion. Reduplication of Scots & English dialect “argy,” an alteration of argue.
BELIE - to show (something) to be false or wrong. To run counter to. In its earliest known use, circa A.D. 1000, belie meant "to deceive by lying." By the 1200s, it was being used to mean "to tell lies about," using a sense similar to the modern word slander. Over time its meaning shifted from outright lying to one of misrepresentation, and by the early 1700s, the word was being used in the sense "to disguise or conceal." Nowadays, "belie" implies giving an impression at variance with the facts rather than telling an intentional untruth.
JAWBONE - to talk especially forcefully and persuasively.
PALADIN - a leading champion of a cause
PERVIOUS - 1: meaning to ”allow passage through; that can be penetrated or permeated.” It came to mean someone who is open to arguments, ideas, or change; approachable.
From the Latin pervious meaning “having a passage through.”
POTHER - a heated discussion. Agitated talk or controversy usually over a trivial matter.
QUODLIBET - a philosophical or theological point proposed for disputation. Quodlibet is a form of quilibet, from qui, meaning "what," and libet, meaning "it pleases." 600 years ago the Latin meaning was defined as "any whatever," and the word used for academic debates.
RECUMBENTIBUS - a knockdown blow. The winning blow of an argument. This can be either physical or verbal but more often than not refers to a verbal tirade. It’s Latin, an plural of the present participle of the verb recumbere meaning “recline or rest” (it’s also the source of English recumbent meaning “lying down.” It was used in late medieval times as forcing somebody to adopt a reclining position, in particular by a powerful blow.
ULTRACREPIDARIAN - expressing opinions on matters outside the scope of one's knowledge or expertise. From the early 19th century: from Latin ultra meaning ‘beyond’ and crepida meaning ‘shoe, sandal’, with allusion to the remark “ne supra crepidam sutor iudicaret” or “the cobbler should not judge beyond his shoe.”
- ARGUE - to give reasons for or against something; to contend or disagree in words; 1: to give evidence of; 2: to consider the pros and cons of; 3: to prove or try to prove by giving reasons; 4: to persuade. Synonyms: assert, contend, maintain, plead, reason.
AGONISTIC - argumentative, aggressive or defensive social interaction (such as fighting, fleeing, or submitting) between individuals. From the Geeek specifically in the oldest sense of the word, an athletic contest called agons featured at public festivals with physical conflict to verbal jousting, it came to be used as a synonym for argumentative and later to mean "striving for effect" or "strained."
APOLOGIA - a defense especially of one's opinions, position, or actions. It implies no admission of guilt or regret but a desire to make clear the grounds for some course, belief, or position. From the Middle English apologe meaning "formal defense," borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin apologie meaning "public defense in speech or writing," from Late Latin apologia meaning "speech in defense and Greek apología, meaning "speech in defense of the Christian faith by a martyr, excuse, vindication before God.” Derivative of apologeîsthai meaning “to speak in defense, defend oneself.”
ARGY-BARGY - British for a lively discussion. Reduplication of Scots & English dialect “argy,” an alteration of argue.
BELIE - to show (something) to be false or wrong. To run counter to. In its earliest known use, circa A.D. 1000, belie meant "to deceive by lying." By the 1200s, it was being used to mean "to tell lies about," using a sense similar to the modern word slander. Over time its meaning shifted from outright lying to one of misrepresentation, and by the early 1700s, the word was being used in the sense "to disguise or conceal." Nowadays, "belie" implies giving an impression at variance with the facts rather than telling an intentional untruth.
JAWBONE - to talk especially forcefully and persuasively.
PALADIN - a leading champion of a cause
PERVIOUS - 1: meaning to ”allow passage through; that can be penetrated or permeated.” It came to mean someone who is open to arguments, ideas, or change; approachable.
From the Latin pervious meaning “having a passage through.”
POTHER - a heated discussion. Agitated talk or controversy usually over a trivial matter.
QUODLIBET - a philosophical or theological point proposed for disputation. Quodlibet is a form of quilibet, from qui, meaning "what," and libet, meaning "it pleases." 600 years ago the Latin meaning was defined as "any whatever," and the word used for academic debates.
RECUMBENTIBUS - a knockdown blow. The winning blow of an argument. This can be either physical or verbal but more often than not refers to a verbal tirade. It’s Latin, an plural of the present participle of the verb recumbere meaning “recline or rest” (it’s also the source of English recumbent meaning “lying down.” It was used in late medieval times as forcing somebody to adopt a reclining position, in particular by a powerful blow.
ULTRACREPIDARIAN - expressing opinions on matters outside the scope of one's knowledge or expertise. From the early 19th century: from Latin ultra meaning ‘beyond’ and crepida meaning ‘shoe, sandal’, with allusion to the remark “ne supra crepidam sutor iudicaret” or “the cobbler should not judge beyond his shoe.”
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