disceptation

Other forms of disceptation

plural

disceptations·

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.

Questions about disceptation

What does disceptation mean?

disceptation means "a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement".

How many syllables are in disceptation?

disceptation has 5 syllables: di-scep-ta-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for disceptation?

Close synonyms include controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, tilt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is disceptation a common word?

disceptation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.