contention
noun
[ kənˈtɛnʃ(ə)n ]
• heated disagreement.
• "the captured territory was the main area of contention between the two countries"
Similar:
disagreement,
dispute,
disputation,
argument,
variance,
discord,
hostility,
conflict,
friction,
acrimony,
enmity,
strife,
dissension,
disharmony,
quarrelling,
feuding,
• an assertion, especially one maintained in argument.
• "Freud's contention that all dreams were wish fulfilment"
Similar:
argument,
claim,
plea,
submission,
allegation,
opinion,
stand,
position,
view,
belief,
thesis,
hypothesis,
case,
postulation,
declaration,
assertion,
affirmation,
pronouncement,
announcement,
statement,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin contentio(n- ), from contendere ‘strive with’ (see contend).
