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| NOUN: | 1. A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed: altercation, argument, bicker, clash, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, fight, polemic, quarrel, run-in, spat, squabble, tiff, word (used in plural), wrangle. Informal : hassle, rhubarb, tangle. See CONFLICT. 2. A state of disagreement and disharmony: clash, conflict, confrontation, difference, difficulty, disaccord, discord, discordance, dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence, dissonance, faction, friction, inharmony, schism, strife, variance, war, warfare. See CONFLICT. 3. A hypothetical controversial proposition: contestation, thesis. See OPINION.
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