Contention
[kən'tenʃ(ə)n] or [kən'tɛnʃən]
Definition
(n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.
(n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention.
(n.) Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.
(n.) A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for.
Typist: Nora
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Strife, discord, dissension, wrangling, wrangle, quarrel, squabble, feud, rupture, falling out.[2]. Dispute, debate, bickering, altercation, controversy, logomachy, high words, war of words, strife of words.
Checker: Velma
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See STRIFE]
Typed by Floyd
Examples
- I think, said Adeimantus, that in the spirit of contention which characterises him, he is not unlike our friend Glaucon. Plato. The Republic.
- As that hope failed, instinctive love of life animated me, and feelings of contention, as if a hostile will combated with mine. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She felt how unprofitable contention would be. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Other similar suits followed, and in each one the decision justified Morse’s contention. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This contention is unworthy of both of us; and I confess that I am weary of replying to charges at once unfounded and unkind. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The fact enforced the contention that she had made a fatal mistake in not returning to Count Olenski. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The court upheld this contention, and declared the patent invalid. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Poor Mary little thought it would be such a bone of contention when she gave it me to keep, only two hours before she died. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He sat beside her; and, taking the paper from her hand, said, Not a word more shall my sweet Perdita read of this contention of madmen and fools. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Their frequent bone of contention was the war. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- To prove his contention he set out for Arbois with a large numbe r of glass bulbs each half filled with a putrescible liquid. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- So suddenly and smartly did he do this, that we all stopped in our foolish contention. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- We will lose no time in contention with this unfeeling wretch, said I, but I will go with you to the workhouse, and nurse you. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The reader will remark that these five points practically resume the main contentions of the previous part of the work. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Checked by Dolores