say it: ahrg-yuh-men-TAY-shuhn
argumentation is a noun meaning "a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal". It carries 2 recorded senses.
a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
“the argument over foreign aid goes on and on”
a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
“I can't follow your line of reasoning”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for argumentation come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.