question at issue
noun
Roget 461: inquiry; request etc. 765; search, research, quest, pursuit etc. 622. examination, review, scrutiny, investigation, indagation†; perquisition†, perscrutation†, pervestigation†; inquest, inquisition; exploration; exploitation, ventilation. sifting; calculation, analysis, dissection, resolution, induction; Baconian method†. strict inquiry, close inquiry, searching inquiry, exhaustive inquiry; narrow search, strict search; study etc. (consideration) 451. scire facias [Lat.], ad referendum; trial. questioning etc. v.; interrogation, interrogatory; interpellation; challenge, examination, cross-examination, catechism; feeler, Socratic method, zetetic philosophy†; leading question; discussion etc. (reasoning) 476. reconnoitering, reconnaissance; prying etc. v.; espionage, espionnage [Fr.]; domiciliary visit, peep behind the curtain; lantern of Diogenes. question, query, problem, desideratum, point to be solved, porism†; subject of inquiry, field of inquiry, subject of controversy; point in dispute, matter in dispute; moot point; issue, question at issue; bone of contention etc. (discord) 713; plain question, fair question, open question; enigma etc. (secret) 533; knotty point etc. (difficulty) 704; quodlibet; threshold of an inquiry. [person who questions] inquirer, investigator, inquisitor, inspector, querist†, examiner, catechist; scrutator scrutineer scrutinizer†; analyst; quidnunc [Lat.] etc. (curiosity) 455. ... show more
Roget 713: disagreement etc. 24; discord, disaccord†, dissidence, dissonance; jar, clash, shock; jarring, jostling etc. v.; screw loose. variance, difference, dissension, misunderstanding, cross purposes, odds, brouillerie [Fr.]; division, split, rupture, disruption, division in the camp, house divided against itself, disunion, breach; schism etc. (dissent) 489; feud, faction. quarrel, dispute, tiff, tracasserie†, squabble, altercation, barney [Slang], demel_e, snarl, spat, towrow†, words, high words; wrangling etc. v.; jangle, brabble†, cross questions and crooked answers, snip-snap; family jars. polemics; litigation; strife etc. (contention) 720; warfare etc. 722; outbreak, open rupture, declaration of war. broil, brawl, row, racket, hubbub, rixation†; embroilment, embranglement†, imbroglio, fracas, breach of the peace, piece of work [Fr.], scrimmage, rumpus; breeze, squall; riot, disturbance etc. (disorder) 59; commotion etc. (agitation) 315; bear garden, Donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair. subject of dispute, ground of quarrel, battle ground, disputed point; bone of contention, bone to pick; apple of discord, casus belli [Lat.]; question at issue etc. (subject of inquiry) 461; vexed question, vexata quaestio [Lat.], brand of discord. troublous times†; cat-and-dog life; contentiousness etc. adj.; enmity etc. 889; hate etc. 898; Kilkenny cats; disputant etc. 710; strange bedfellows. ... show more
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