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  2. List of English words with disputed usage - Wikipedia

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    A aggravate – Some have argued that this word should not be used in the sense of "to annoy" or "to oppress", but only to mean "to make worse". According to AHDI, the use of "aggravate" as "annoy" occurs in English as far back as the 17th century. In Latin, from which the word was borrowed, both meanings were used. Sixty-eight percent of AHD4's usage panel approves of its use in "It's the ...

  3. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    (informal) a noisy disagreement [16] ranging from a verbal dispute to pushing-and-shoving or outright fighting. arse buttocks, backside or anus (more vulgar than US ass) (fall) arse over tit (vulgar) to fall head over heels (be) arsed (informal) to be made to get off one's arse, usually as a negative or conditional (US be bothered to) artic

  4. Head shake - Wikipedia

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    A head shake is a gesture in which the head is turned left and right along the transverse plane repeatedly in quick succession. In many cultures, it is most commonly, [1] but not universally, used to indicate disagreement, denial, or rejection.

  5. Disagreement - Wikipedia

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    Related titles should be described in Disagreement, while unrelated titles should be moved to Disagreement (disambiguation). Disagreement may refer to: Argument;

  6. Controversy - Wikipedia

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    A scene of rabbis engaging in debate in Carl Schleicher's painting A controversy from the Talmud, 19th century. Controversy (UK: / k ə n ˈ t r ɒ v ə r s i /, US: / ˈ k ɒ n t r ə v ɜː r s i /) [1] [2] is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of conflicting opinion or point of view.

  7. Best alternative to a negotiated agreement - Wikipedia

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    BATNA was developed by negotiation researchers Roger Fisher and William Ury of the Harvard Program on Negotiation (PON), in their series of books on principled negotiation that started with Getting to YES (1981), equivalent to the game theory concept of a disagreement point from bargaining problems pioneered by Nobel Laureate John Forbes Nash decades earlier.

  8. Conflict resolution - Wikipedia

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    Conflict resolution is the process by which two or more parties engaged in a disagreement, dispute or debate reach an agreement resolving it. [42] It involves a series of stages, involved actors, models and approaches that may depend on the kind of confrontation at stake and the surrounded social and cultural context.

  9. Dissent - Wikipedia

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    Expressions of dissent may take forms from vocal disagreement to civil disobedience to the use of violence. [1] In some political systems , dissent may be formally expressed by way of opposition politics , while politically repressive regimes may prohibit any form of dissent, leading to suppression of dissent and the encouragement of social or ...