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Difference of opinion

An issue that causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail

A state of affairs, action, or belief which is an enduring basis for disagreement or dissatisfaction

Celebrated case

A conflict of interest or a dispute

A topic in dispute, or up for debate

A direct confrontation or competition between (usually two) teams or groups

A grievance or grudge

A doubt about the truth or validity of something

A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something

Open to discussion or argument

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Noun

Difference of opinion

“In the last century the same conflicts led to the First World War and continued to be a bone of contention throughout the Second.”

Noun

An issue that causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail

stumbling block

fly in the ointment

spanner in the works

monkey wrench in the works

mountain to climb

stone in one's path

stumbling stone

Noun

A state of affairs, action, or belief which is an enduring basis for disagreement or dissatisfaction

Noun

Celebrated case

Noun

A conflict of interest or a dispute

conflict of interest

misunderstanding

difference of opinion

acrimonious exchange

bit of argy-bargy

verbal sparring

exchange of views

irreconcilable difference

knock down and drag out

knock-down drag-out

passage of arms

passage at arms

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Noun

A topic in dispute, or up for debate

matter in question

matter of contention

point in question

point of departure

sensitive issue

field of inquiry

principal object

field of reference

area under discussion

piece of information

point of contention

focus of attention

subject of thought

specialization^US

specialisation^UK

itemized information

line of reasoning

train of thought

set of circumstances

frame of reference

contextual relationship

line of argument

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Noun

A direct confrontation or competition between (usually two) teams or groups

insubordination

difference of opinion

lack of agreement

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Noun

A grievance or grudge

Noun

A doubt about the truth or validity of something

dissatisfaction

statement of dissatisfaction

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Noun

A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something

verbal onslaught

stream of abuse

character assassination

rap over the knuckles

slap on the wrist

verbal disapproval

slap on the wrists

rap on the knuckles

dissatisfaction

mocking comment

stigmatization^US

underestimation

stigmatisation^UK

a slanging match

critical remarks

critical remark

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Adjective

Open to discussion or argument

between rock and hard place

between sixes and sevens

betwixt and between

open to question

up for discussion

subject to debate

a controversial subject

not yet established

a matter of opinion

on the back burner

open to discussion

yet to be decided

open to argument

indistinguishable

open for discussion

neither fish nor fowl

clear as dishwater

in no man's land

neither one thing nor the other

a debatable point

up to the individual

far from certain

not yet settled

yet to be settled

to be won or lost

in a state of limbo

in a state of uncertainty

hanging by a thread

under examination

under advisement

under discussion

resolving nothing

proving nothing

leaving matters open

hemming and hawing

running hot and cold

hedging your bets

blowing hot and cold

still open to question

still open to doubt

open to modification

subject to discussion

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