disputable, may be debated, contestable
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Debatable Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutLiable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question.
debatable
\de*bat"a*ble\ (?), a. [cf. of. debatable. see debate.] liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question.
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the debatable land
Subject to contention or dispute.
Adjective
1. open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic"
(synonym) problematic, problematical
(similar) questionable
2. open to argument or debate; "that is a moot question"
(synonym) arguable, disputable, moot
(similar) controversial
3. capable of being disproved
(synonym) disputable
(similar) contestable
Debatable Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Debate or discussion in parliamentary procedure refers to discussion on the merits of a pending question; that is, whether it should or not be agreed to. Robert's Rules of Order notes that "Debate, rightly understood, is an essential element in the making of rational decisions of consequence by intelligent people." Indeed, one of the distinguishing characteristics of a deliberative assembly is that "It is a group of people, having or assuming freedom to act in concert, meeting to determine, in full and free discussion, courses of action to be taken in the name of the entire group."
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