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What is the adjective for disputations?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb dispute which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

disputatious
  1. Of or relating to something that is in question as to its value or intent.
  2. Inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. argumentative, combative, quarrelsome, belligerent, contentious, aggressive, pugnacious, bellicose, confrontational, militant, truculent, warlike, scrappy, agonistic, feisty, gladiatorial, hostile, discordant, assaultive, chippy, cantankerous, brawly, litigious, captious, controversial, polemical, contrary, fractious, disputative, polemic, difficult, cavilling, dissentious, perverse, awkward, caviling, antagonistic, on the warpath, threatening, warring, oppugnant, factious, fierce, stroppy, touchy, irascible, hot-tempered, fighting, ornery, aggers … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “John's disputatious nature always leads to heated arguments and confrontations with his friends and family.”
      “The disputatious nature of the topic led to a heated argument among the participants.”
      “The disputatious ceremony concludes, fittingly enough, with a traffic jam involving two processions trying to go in opposite directions.”
disputable
  1. Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. debatable, questionable, arguable, doubtful, moot, dubious, uncertain, unsettled, controvertible, controversial, contentious, iffy, disputed, doubtable, unconfirmed, issuable, negotiable, contestable, dodgy, contended, mootable, unsound, open to question, open to debate, open to discussion, undecided, unsure, borderline, unresolved, unclear, problematic, open to doubt, equivocal, problematical, suspect, dubitable, undetermined, up in the air, in dispute, open, indeterminate, indefinite, ambiguous, chancy, inconclusive, in doubt, touch-and-go, vexed, marginal, vague … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The scientific community regards the theory as disputable, as there is not enough empirical evidence to establish it as fact.”
      “Why should anyone renounce their way of life for the sake of a highly disputable theory about what might be rational in a hypothetical situation?”
      “Nonetheless, by rejecting these premises, the Stoics often committed themselves to highly disputable contentions.”
disputed
  1. Argued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. moot, debatable, questionable, unsettled, uncertain, doubtful, arguable, disputable, undecided, unresolved, dubious, controversial, undetermined, contentious, controvertible, open, problematic, suspect, doubtable, issuable, negotiable, problematical, vexed, contestable, unconcluded, unlikely, open to debate, open to question, open to doubt, up in the air, at issue, open to discussion, yet to be decided, equivocal, iffy, unsure, borderline, dubitable, in doubt, hot-button, in dispute, unclear, contended, unconfirmed, indefinite, ongoing, ambiguous, contested, debated, ambivalent … more
disputative
  1. Tending to dispute.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. argumentative, quarrelsome, disputatious, hostile, fractious, difficult, perverse, awkward, contrary, troublesome, combative, contentious, belligerent, pugnacious, confrontational, bellicose, militant, truculent, aggressive, scrappy, agonistic, feisty, gladiatorial, warlike, litigious, cantankerous, discordant, assaultive, captious, chippy, brawly, controversial, polemical, cavilling, polemic, dissentious, caviling, irascible, irritable, antagonistic, petulant, fiery, warring, choleric, factious, defiant, threatening, snappy, peevish, battling … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Here again I brought my self into a premunire with the disputative Caledonian.”
      “The tranquility of Birch's daytime views hardly characterized the disputative climate surrounding the building, then and later.”
      “At home, school and college, he acquired scholarly and disputative skills of a very high order.”
disputant
  1. Disputing; engaged in controversy.
disputing
  1. present participle of dispute
  2. Synonyms:
      3. contesting, challenging, questioning, denying, doubting, contradicting, impugning, refuting, controverting, impeaching, opposing, oppugning, querying, disaffirming, disproving, gainsaying, negating, rebutting, confuting, disagreeing with, calling into question, arguing about, calling in, objecting to, quibbling over, protesting against, taking issue with, arguing, quarrelling, quarreling, bickering, clashing, disagreeing, squabbling, wrangling, debating, discussing, feuding, argufying, contending, quibbling, scrapping, sparring, altercating, brabbling, brawling, jarring, rowing, spatting … more
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