debate (noun)
91high ground — noun Date: 1853 a position of advantage or superiority; especially an ethically superior position < took the moral high ground during the debate > …
92homework — noun Date: circa 1683 1. piecework done at home for pay 2. an assignment given to a student to be completed outside the regular class period 3. preparatory reading or research (as for a discussion or a debate) …
93parlance — noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old French, from parler Date: 1577 1. speech; especially formal debate or parley 2. manner or mode of speech ; idiom …
94set-to — noun (plural set tos) Date: 1743 a usually brief and vigorous fight or debate …
95debatement — noun see debate II …
96debater — noun see debate II …
97chatterati — noun People who are renowned to chat, argue and debate excessively The newspaper the Guardian, together with its Sunday sister the Observer, are the liberal papers of choice among the middle class chatterati. Syn: chattering classes …
98disagreement — noun a) An argument or debate. They had a bit of a disagreement about what color to paint the bedroom, but they have reached a compromise. b) A condition of not agreeing or concurring. The theory shows considerable disagreement with the data …
99logodaedaly — noun /ˌloʊ.ɡoʊˈdi.də.li/ a) Skill or cleverness in the coining of new words In questions of philosophy or divinity, that have occupied the learned, I could bring ten instances of logodaedaly, or verbal legerdemain, which have perilously confirmed …
100obfuscation — noun a) The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret. During the debate, the candidate sighed at his… …
