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controversial

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Kilkenny cats

Philadelphia lawyer

altercation

apologetics

apologia

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apology

arguer

argufier

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argumentation

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bickering

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broil

casuist

casuistry

cat-and-dog life

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contestation

controversial

controversialist

controversialist

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disputant

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disputations

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dispute

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donnybrook fair

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argument

author

contention

contestation

controversy

disceptation

disputation

tilt

writer

same-contexts

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controversial

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nonacademic

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