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Difference of opinion

A disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation

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 grievance or grudge

A doubt about the truth or validity of something

Capable of being mooted

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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

A disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation

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

knock down and drag out

verbal sparring

exchange of views

irreconcilable difference

insubordination

lack of agreement

acrimonious exchange

bit of argy-bargy

passage of arms

passage at arms

unharmoniousness

incompatibility

parting of the ways

rough-and-tumble

knock-down-drag-out

inharmoniousness

conflict of opinion

internal strife

counter-argument

quarrelsomeness

knock-down drag-out

lack of concord

divided loyalties

lack of consistency

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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

field of inquiry

principal object

field of reference

area under discussion

piece of information

heart of the matter

meat and potatoes

name of the game

line of reasoning

point of contention

specialization^US

specialisation^UK

important point

defining characteristic

essential feature

essential element

general picture

nature of the beast

sum and substance

focus of attention

subject of thought

itemized information

general meaning

essential point

most important fact

train of thought

set of circumstances

frame of reference

contextual relationship

line of argument

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Noun

A grievance or grudge

Noun

A doubt about the truth or validity of something

Adjective

Capable of being mooted

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

unsubstantiated

indistinguishable

open for discussion

neither fish nor fowl

clear as dishwater

in no man's land

neither one thing nor the other

blowing hot and cold

a debatable point

up to the individual

far from certain

to be won or lost

not yet settled

yet to be settled

hanging by a thread

open to suspicion

in a state of limbo

in a state of uncertainty

without foundation

not backed up by evidence

resolving nothing

proving nothing

hemming and hawing

running hot and cold

hedging your bets

hard to believe

leaving matters open

under discussion

under examination

on the horns of a dilemma

still open to question

still open to doubt

under advisement

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