Meaning

noun a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal

noun a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

originEtymology tree Latin argūmentor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin argūmentātiōder. Middle English argumentacioun English argumentation Inherited from Middle English argumentacioun, from Anglo-Norman argumentacion, Middle French argumentation, or their etymon Latin argūmentātiō; by surface analysis, argument + -ation.

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