A formal debate or argument between two or more people about a topic; the act of disputing or debating.
From Latin disputatio(n-), from disputare (dis- + putare, 'to think'). Medieval term for formal academic debates.
Medieval universitiesRequired public disputations where students had to defend their ideas against aggressive questioning—it's where academic rigor was literally born!
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