contestation Definition
con·tes·ta·tion (kän′tes tā′s̸hən)
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.
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