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contestation Definition

con·tes·ta·tion (kän′tes tās̸hən)

noun

the act of contesting; conflict

Etymology: Fr < L contestatio < contestari

contestation Usage Examples

Converse of object

examine: Comparative studies and papers examining historiographical debates and/or contestations of race, religion, gender, class, and culture will be welcomed.

Preposition: over

knowledge: At the heart of the debate on IPR are contestations over knowledge.

Adjective modifier

  • political: Architecture's identification with the built environment makes environmental conditions the primary site for political contestation.
  • open: And of the principle of open exchange: that interchange and open contestation was educationally and politically preferable to instruction.
  • historiographical: Comparative studies and papers examining historiographical debates and/or contestations of race, religion, gender, class, and culture will be welcomed.
  • continued: In this it is, in itself, an example of the continued contestation of rhetorical public space.
  • moral: The moral contestation of the SMF reflected their emphasis on true belief, but also the importance of the nganga -system to Bakongo society.
  • possible: Identity is not fixed but subject to possible contestation.

Modifies a noun

shape: Issues of participation, governance, equity and contestation shape much of his research agenda which is wide ranging and intuitive.

Noun used with modifier

  • and/or: Comparative studies and papers examining historiographical debates and/or contestations of race, religion, gender, class, and culture will be welcomed.
  • debate: Comparative studies and papers examining historiographical debates and/or contestations of race, religion, gender, class, and culture will be welcomed.
  • knowledge: The context of my work within the Australian higher education sector is a site of knowledge contestation.

Preposition: of

  • identity: This module is concerned with the formation and contestation of gender identities within a variety of discursive and literary contexts.
  • representation: What are the implications of such strategies for the contestation of gender representation?
  • race: Comparative studies and papers examining historiographical debates and/or contestations of race, religion, gender, class, and culture will be welcomed.
  • space: In this it is, in itself, an example of the continued contestation of rhetorical public space.