point of contention

collocation in English

meaningsofpointandcontention

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point
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pɔɪnt/us
/pɔɪnt/
relating to when a ballet dancer dances on ...
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contention
noun
uk
/kənˈten.ʃən/us
/kənˈten.ʃən/
the disagreement that results from ...
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(Definition ofpointandcontentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpoint of contention

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Thepointofcontentionis the imagined relationship between visitors and the museums.
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The issue was also a keypointofcontentionin inter-branch rivalries.
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The problem of how to interweave the primordial+particularistic orientations with the universalistic constituted in all these civilizations a potentialpointofcontention.
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The inadequacy of local authority payments to achieve good-quality care has become a majorpointofcontentionbetween providers' organisations and local authorities.
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The crucialpointofcontentionhere is as follows.
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A significantpointofcontention, however, is the very goal of ethical analysis.
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Onepointofcontentionhas been the treatment of "one at a time" as a central point of reference for the organization of turn-taking.
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Another keypointofcontentionis the type of elections found in contemporary liberal democracies.
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This sharing comes at a price, however, because the shared agent becomes a potentialpointofcontention.
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The estimates for 1999-2000 are apointofcontention.
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Much of his argument against the metaphysical thesis also focuses on health-related effects - but these are not directly relevant to thepointofcontention.
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In the years following the restoration, stool treasuries were established, many stool debts were written off and the issue subsided as a centralpointofcontentionin chieftaincy disputes.
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The nextpointofcontentionhas been over sovereignty.
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That raises anotherpointofcontentionwhich has been mentioned several times.
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The scope of the group supervision provided for in this directive remains the mainpointofcontention.
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Thispointofcontentionis being carried forward into the new regulation.
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This could be apointofcontentionbetween us.
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That is not apointofcontention; it is admitted by everyone.
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The mainpointofcontentionis the rate support grant.
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That is thepointofcontentionand there is no way that that can be compromised away because it is a genuine point of disagreement.
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