Contend
Contend verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.
Usage example: contended that his opponent was wrong about practically everything
Question
Question verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.
Common collocations
| faith | contend faith | question faith |
| character | contend character | question character |
| power | contend power | question power |
| fact | contend fact | question fact |
| Other words: characters, legitimacy. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Aside from this main difference, the two sister-genres share many themes, tropes and story elements to the point that many question the legitimacy of this genre as separate from Cyber Punk, and contend that Post-Cyberpunk is simply Cyberpunk expanded beyond its base and taken further logically.
Source: Post-Cyberpunk
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