contestation
UK/ˌkɒn.tɛsˈteɪ.ʃən/US/ˌkɑn.tɛsˈteɪ.ʃən/
contestation noun: the act of contesting; emulation.
Noun
contestation (countable and uncountable, plural contestations)
- The act of contesting; emulation
- The act of challenging or disputing a claim or idea.
- Contempt and loathing for body and nature are central to the operations of white male grievance, and any contestation of these politics will require us to challenge the somatophobia and ecophobia with which they are bound up.2022, Marisol Cortez, “Ambivalent Anality: Revisiting the Queer Ecology of "the Jackass Moment"”, in Media+Environment
- Proof by witness; attestation; testimony.
contestation meaning in Tamil and Urdu
contestation in Tamil
- போட்டியிடுதல், போட்டி, போர், சச்சரவு
contestation in Urdu
- حجت بازی, جدل, مبارزہ, مقابلہ, تکرار
Synonyms of contestation
Forms of contestation
| plural | contestations |
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Origin of contestation
From contest + -ation.
Words that rhyme with contestation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about contestation
- What does contestation mean?
- Contestation means the act of contesting; emulation.
- What is contestation in Tamil?
- Contestation in Tamil is போட்டியிடுதல், போட்டி, போர். See Contestation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is contestation?
- Contestation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce contestation?
- Contestation is pronounced /ˌkɒn.tɛsˈteɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of contestation?
- The plural of contestation is contestations.
Words near contestation in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: contestation (page history and authors); contestation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contestation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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