Argument
Argument noun - An often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions.
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Synonyms for Argument
Refuting and argument are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Refuting" instead a noun "Argument".
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Related pairs
- contest and argument
- contest and refuting
- dispute and argument
- dispute and refuting
- contention and argument
- contention and refuting
- altercation and argument
- altercation and refuting
- hassle and argument
- hassle and refuting
- discussion and argument
- discussion and refuting
- controversy and argument
- controversy and refuting
Both words in one sentence
- Stolen Concept: Making an argument that rests upon (and conveniently ignores) contradictory, intrinsically self-refuting concepts.
Source: Logical Fallacies -
The "Hitler was a vegetarian" sort of argument is most often this; not arguing that all vegetarians are genocidal dictators, but refuting the idea that vegetarians are all by definition good people.
Source: Association Fallacy -
Refuting an argument by attacking some aspect of the person making it, rather than addressing the content of the argument itself.
Source: Ad Hominem
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Refuting and Argument. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 12, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/argument/refuting
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