argumentation

Etymology

From French, from Latin argūmentātiō.

Noun

argumentation (usually uncountable, plural argumentations)

1. Inference based on reasoning from given propositions.

   His chain of argumentation is flawed.

2. An exchange of arguments

   Their argumentation continued long into the night.

3. The addition of arguments to a model; parameterization.
   • 2009, Iyad Rahwan, Argumentation in Artificial Intelligence, →ISBN, page 24:

     An argumentation framework has an obvious representation as a directed graph where nodes are arguments and edges are drawn from attacking to attacked arguments.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin argūmentātiō. Synchronically analysable as argumenter +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/

Noun

argumentation f (plural argumentations)

1. argument (process of reasoning)

Further reading

• “argumentation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

argumentation c

1. argument, arguing; a discussion or a quarrel
2. argument; process of reasoning