| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A course of reasoning: case, point. See REASON. 2. A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed: altercation, bicker, clash, contention, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, fight, polemic, quarrel, run-in, spat, squabble, tiff, word (used in plural), wrangle. Informal : hassle, rhubarb, tangle. See CONFLICT. 3. A fact or circumstance that gives logical support to an assertion, claim, or proposal: ground (often used in plural), proof, reason, wherefore, why. Idioms: why and wherefore. See REASON. 4. What a speech, piece of writing, or artistic work is about: matter, point, subject, subject matter, text, theme, topic. See MEANING.
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