Synonym: arguing, argument, competition, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, rivalry, tilt. Similar words: a bone of contention, contentious, intention, pay attention to, constitutional convention, content, contentment, discontentment. Meaning: [kən'tenʃn] 
n. 1. a point asserted as part of an argument 2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement 3. the act of competing as for profit or a prize.
n. 1. a point asserted as part of an argument 2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement 3. the act of competing as for profit or a prize. 
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91 The second area of contention was the treatment of mature entrants.
92 With each one, Apple strengthened its contention that the mission of Macintosh was finally on course.
93 Full-back Lyon also kept himself in contention for the tour with some exciting running and rock-solid defence.
94 Point Three, the main bone of contention between the two sides, led to the total demilitarization of the Black Sea.
95 The contention of many is that the charge should be at three or four times the present level.
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96 Severe contention exists about whether a rule-based or statistical approach should be used to apply syntactic constraints.
97 Home side outhalf Ian Brown, after an earlier miss-hit, eventually brought his side into contention with a penalty.
98 But Ilona's alter-ego remains a bone of contention between them.
99 So ingrained is the reflex of contention that even seemingly unobjectionable ideas provoke it.
100 It is the positions of the international boundaries and access to natural resources that are the real bones of contention.
101 We grew up locked in permanent contention with one another over a meager and fickle supply of paternal affection.
102 Schools are, by far, the largest part of the state budget and often a bone of contention.
103 But even during his sentencing hearing, he seemed to take issue with the contention that he acted alone.
104 Where he projected an agreed consensus among Elizabethans as to what the world picture consisted of, we now discover contention and subversion.
105 But just when he looked in contention for a possible podium finish.he high-sided in the wet conditions.
106 The key point of contention is how much change is prudent in the military, and how rapid that change should be.
107 Despite the catalogue of comments, there is precious little in his past or present to support such a contention.
108 Mr Orton infers there is an inconsistency in my contention that, with proportional representation, Labour could achieve power.
109 The new tax on property is likely to become a serious bone of contention.
110 This in itself gives strength to the contention that neither can be based on beliefs of real substance.
111 Their married life was reasonably happy but there was one point which was increasingly a bone of contention.
112 It is my contention, however, that there is a close parallel among birds.
113 His work counters the contention that these relations of production are best explained by the needs of capitalism.
114 These facts support the contention that the market's purchasing power is high.
115 Mr. Hughes I do not share my hon. Friend's contention that one should support national wage bargaining.
116 The contention continued for four years and the underlying reason for it was pique.
117 The figure does tend to confirm my contention that the general order of magnitude is about right.
118 Whether Reform Party nominee Perot will be included also remains a point of contention.
119 It is my contention that the response to causes of disruptive behaviour has focused too much on within-child factors.
120 Handwashing seems such a simple task but in fact is a subject of surprising contention among health professionals.
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