6
scrutiny(noun, study, talk, thought, argument)
5
colloquium(noun, meet, talk, words, debate)
5
disputation(noun, dispute, case, talk, disagreement)
5
essay(noun, study, notice, judgment, examination)
5
excursus(noun, talk, argument, debate, conversation)
5
exposition(noun, study, note, notice, crack)
5
rap session(noun, meet, slang, words, conference)
5
row(noun, dispute, challenge, conflict, disagreement)
5
thesis(noun, study, position, notice, issue)
4
article(noun, study, notice, judgment, examination)
4
audience(noun, talk, trial, meeting, investigation)
4
bull session
4
canvass(noun, study, change, notice, review)
4
comment(noun, study, note, notice, crack)
4
descant(noun, discourse, dissertation, sermon, treatise)
4
dialectic(noun, dispute, argument, reasoning, logic)
4
disquisition(noun, information, explanation, description, story)
4
forum(noun, talk, class, argument, debate)
4
inquiry(uncertainty, trial, reasoning, investigation, dissertation)
4
investigation(study, notice, judgment, examination, trial)
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