All 7 Uses of
dispute
in
Notes from the Underground
- I am not disputing that, but perhaps the normal man should be stupid, how do you know?†
Chpt 1.3disputing = challenging, arguing about, or fighting over
- You see, gentlemen, reason is an excellent thing, there's no disputing that, but reason is nothing but reason and satisfies only the rational side of man's nature, while will is a manifestation of the whole life, that is, of the whole human life including reason and all the impulses.†
Chpt 1.8
- Man likes to make roads and to create, that is a fact beyond dispute.†
Chpt 1.9 *beyond dispute = so well established that it cannot be realistically challenged or argued about
- May it not be that he loves chaos and destruction (there can be no disputing that he does sometimes love it) because he is instinctively afraid of attaining his object and completing the edifice he is constructing?†
Chpt 1.9 *disputing = challenging, arguing about, or fighting over
- We will not dispute it; my contention was absurd.†
Chpt 1.2
- "We won't dispute your right, we won't dispute your right," the others answered, laughing.†
Chpt 2.4
- "We won't dispute your right, we won't dispute your right," the others answered, laughing.†
Chpt 2.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(dispute as in: their border dispute) disagreement, argument, or conflict
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(2)
(dispute as in: She disputes his claim.) challenge, argue about, or fight over