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bone of contention

noun

1 bone of contention

The subject of a dispute.

Roget 713: disagreement etc. 24; discord, disaccord, dissidence, dissonance; jar, clash, shock; jarring, jostling etc. v.; ... show more

Roget 720: contention, strife; contest, contestation; struggle; belligerency; opposition etc. 708.    controversy, polemics; debate etc. (discussion) ... show more

Roget 461: inquiry; request etc. 765; search, research, quest, pursuit etc. 622.    examination, review, scrutiny, investigation, ... show more

Dutch: twistpunt
Polish: kość niezgody


Moby thesaurus: apple of discord, bone to pick, casus belli, catechism, cross-interrogatory, cross-question, crow to pick, crow to pluck, debating point, demand, feeler, grounds for war, inquiry, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatory, issue, leader, leading question, moot point ... show more.

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