scholarly debate
collocation in Englishmeaningsofscholarlyanddebate
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scholarly
adjective
uk/ˈskɒl.ə.li/us/ˈskɑː.lɚ.li/
containing a serious, detailed study of ...
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debate
noun
uk/dɪˈbeɪt/us/dɪˈbeɪt/
(a) serious discussion of a subject in which many people ...
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(Definition ofscholarlyanddebatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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While $ some of his assessments may not be unanimously accepted, they will no doubt become a central feature ofscholarlydebate.
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The critique of what has been said before, or engagement inscholarlydebate, is one of the great things about the academic approach.
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Even thisscholarlydebate, far removed from the cultural praxis of everyday life, can contribute to keeping heritage alive.
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The causes of these eighteenth-century social and political changes were complex, and have been the subject of fiercescholarlydebatein recent years.
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The exact origin of's as the signal for singular possessive is subject toscholarlydebate.
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The model presented in this paper sheds light on thatscholarlydebate.
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It has been the subject of seemingly endlessscholarlydebate, theorising and analysis.
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The pitch at which chiavette pieces are intended to be performed is still a matter ofscholarlydebate.
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By ignoring the rules of normalscholarlydebatehe allowed himself to pick and choose among arguments without needing to defend his choice.
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One could nit-pick and complain that in terms of many categories ofscholarlydebatethe book hardly starts to show how this was so.
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Nor does she refer to any of the major works that have appeared in the richscholarlydebateon this issue over the past thirty years.
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Its readers will come away with an appreciation of the major works of the period, as well as a solid grasp of the principal areas ofscholarlydebate.
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Taking into consideration that in his day the question of how far habitation to the south was possible was still a matter ofscholarlydebate, his hesitation is not surprising.
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One reason to favour parsimony in model construction is that there remains muchscholarlydebateabout whether - and to what extent - such factors do indeed make a difference in elections.
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Several decades ofscholarlydebatefollowed its publication.
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Indeed, the dress itself has been the object of somescholarlydebate.
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For some critics, the lyrics often seem dislocated from the action but the extent and significance of this is a matter ofscholarlydebate.
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There is somescholarlydebateover this point, though.
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This is assumed to be caused by female foeticide, an assumption that is the subject of considerablescholarlydebateand continuing scientific studies.
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