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- contested
- disputed or made the object of contention or competition; "a contested election"
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- disputed
collapse - subject to disagreement and debate related words >
- belied,
- confounded,
- confuted,
- contested,
- deflated,
- denied,
- disbelieved,
- discarded,
- discredited,
- dismissed,
- disproved,
- doubted,
- exploded,
- exposed,
- impugned,
- invalidated,
- mistrusted,
- moot,
- negated,
- negatived,
- overthrown,
- overturned,
- punctured,
- questioned,
- refuted,
- rejected,
- shown up,
- suspect,
- suspected,
- under a cloud,
- under suspicion,
- upset
- exploded
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- showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another; "the manufacturer provided an exploded view of the apparatus"
- blown apart with great violence; "fragments of the exploded tank were scattered in all directions" related words >
- belied,
- confounded,
- confuted,
- contested,
- deflated,
- denied,
- disbelieved,
- discarded,
- discredited,
- dismissed,
- disproved,
- disputed,
- doubted,
- exposed,
- impugned,
- invalidated,
- mistrusted,
- moot,
- negated,
- negatived,
- overthrown,
- overturned,
- punctured,
- questioned,
- refuted,
- rejected,
- shown up,
- suspect,
- suspected,
- under a cloud,
- under suspicion,
- upset
- discredited
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- suffering shame
- being unjustly brought into disrepute; "a discredited politician"; "her damaged reputation" related words >
- at a discount,
- belied,
- confounded,
- confuted,
- contested,
- deflated,
- denied,
- disbelieved,
- discarded,
- disgraced,
- dismissed,
- disproved,
- disputed,
- doubted,
- exploded,
- exposed,
- impugned,
- in Dutch,
- in bad,
- in bad odor,
- in bad repute,
- in discredit,
- in disfavor,
- in disgrace,
- in disrepute,
- invalidated,
- loaded with shame,
- mistrusted,
- moot,
- negated,
- negatived,
- out of countenance,
- out of favor,
- overthrown,
- overturned,
- punctured,
- questioned,
- refuted,
- rejected,
- shamed,
- shown up,
- suspect,
- suspected,
- under a cloud,
- under suspicion,
- upset
- runoff
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- a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner related words >
- bout,
- by-election,
- caucus,
- closed primary,
- congressional election,
- contest,
- contested election,
- decathlon,
- defluxion,
- direct primary,
- discharge,
- double-header,
- doubles,
- drain,
- drainage,
- effluence,
- efflux,
- effluxion,
- effusion,
- election,
- event,
- exhalation,
- exhaust,
- flowoff,
- foursome,
- game,
- games of chance,
- general election,
- go,
- gush,
- mandatory primary,
- match,
- meet,
- nonpartisan primary,
- open primary,
- optional primary,
- outfall,
- outflow,
- outflowing,
- outpour,
- outpouring,
- partisan election,
- pentathlon,
- play,
- play-off,
- preference primary,
- presidential election,
- presidential preference primary,
- presidential primary,
- primary,
- primary election,
- race,
- referendum,
- runoff election,
- runoff primary,
- singles,
- sport,
- threesome,
- twosome
- election
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- the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"
- a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight"
- the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
- the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election" related words >
- Calvinism,
- accession,
- alternative,
- alternativity,
- anointing,
- anointment,
- apostolic orders,
- appointment,
- arrogation,
- assignment,
- assumption,
- authorization,
- by-election,
- calling,
- canonization,
- caucus,
- choice,
- choosing,
- closed primary,
- co-optation,
- co-option,
- conferment,
- congressional election,
- consecration,
- contested election,
- coronation,
- decision,
- delegation,
- deputation,
- designation,
- determinism,
- direct primary,
- druthers,
- electing,
- empowerment,
- fatalism,
- first choice,
- free choice,
- free will,
- general election,
- holy orders,
- induction,
- installation,
- institution,
- investiture,
- legitimate succession,
- major orders,
- mandatory primary,
- minor orders,
- nomination,
- nonpartisan primary,
- open primary,
- option,
- optional primary,
- ordainment,
- orders,
- ordination,
- partisan election,
- pick,
- plebiscite,
- political election,
- poll,
- predestinarianism,
- predeterminism,
- preference,
- preference primary,
- preferment,
- preoption,
- presentation,
- presidential election,
- presidential preference primary,
- presidential primary,
- primary,
- primary election,
- reading in,
- referendum,
- runoff,
- runoff election,
- runoff primary,
- seizure,
- selection,
- succession,
- taking over,
- the pick,
- usurpation,
- volition,
- vote,
- voting,
- will
- caucus
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- a closed political meeting
- meet to select a candidate or promote a policy related words >
- assemblee,
- assembly,
- assignation,
- at home,
- ball,
- brawl,
- breakaway group,
- by-election,
- camp,
- closed primary,
- colloquium,
- commission,
- committee,
- conclave,
- concourse,
- congregation,
- congress,
- congressional caucus,
- congressional election,
- contested election,
- conventicle,
- convention,
- convocation,
- council,
- dance,
- date,
- diet,
- direct primary,
- division,
- eisteddfod,
- election,
- ethnic group,
- faction,
- festivity,
- fete,
- forgathering,
- forum,
- gathering,
- general election,
- gerrymander,
- get-together,
- housewarming,
- interest,
- interest group,
- levee,
- mandatory primary,
- meet,
- meeting,
- minority group,
- nonpartisan primary,
- offshoot,
- open primary,
- optional primary,
- packed caucus,
- panel,
- partisan election,
- party,
- plenum,
- political party,
- politicize,
- preference primary,
- presidential election,
- presidential preference primary,
- presidential primary,
- pressure group,
- primary,
- primary election,
- prom,
- quorum,
- rally,
- reception,
- referendum,
- rendezvous,
- runoff,
- runoff election,
- runoff primary,
- seance,
- secret caucus,
- sect,
- session,
- shindig,
- side,
- silent majority,
- sit-in,
- sitting,
- soiree,
- splinter,
- splinter group,
- symposium,
- synod,
- turnout,
- vocal minority,
- wing
- referendum
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- a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate related words >
- Australian ballot,
- Hare system,
- aye,
- ballot,
- by-election,
- canvass,
- canvassing,
- casting vote,
- caucus,
- closed primary,
- congressional election,
- constitutional referendum,
- contested election,
- counting heads,
- cumulative voting,
- deciding vote,
- direct initiative,
- direct primary,
- division,
- election,
- enfranchisement,
- facultative referendum,
- fagot vote,
- franchise,
- general election,
- graveyard vote,
- hand vote,
- indirect initiative,
- initiative,
- list system,
- mandate,
- mandatory primary,
- mandatory referendum,
- nay,
- no,
- nonpartisan primary,
- nontransferable vote,
- open primary,
- optional primary,
- partisan election,
- plebiscite,
- plebiscitum,
- plumper,
- plural vote,
- poll,
- polling,
- preference primary,
- preferential voting,
- presidential election,
- presidential preference primary,
- presidential primary,
- primary,
- primary election,
- proportional representation,
- proxy,
- recall,
- record vote,
- representation,
- right to vote,
- rising vote,
- runoff,
- runoff election,
- runoff primary,
- say,
- secret ballot,
- show of hands,
- single vote,
- snap vote,
- statutory referendum,
- straw vote,
- suffrage,
- transferable vote,
- viva voce,
- voice,
- voice vote,
- vote,
- voting,
- voting right,
- write-in,
- write-in vote,
- yea,
- yeas and nays,
- yes
- moot
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- a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise; "he organized the weekly moot"
- of no legal significance (as having been previously decided) related words >
- abstract,
- academic,
- advance,
- agitate,
- arguable,
- argue,
- argufy,
- armchair,
- at issue,
- bandy words,
- bicker,
- bring before,
- bring forward,
- bring up,
- broach,
- canvass,
- cavil,
- choplogic,
- commend to attention,
- confutable,
- confuted,
- conjectural,
- contend,
- contest,
- contestable,
- contested,
- controversial,
- controvertible,
- cross swords,
- cut and thrust,
- debatable,
- debate,
- deniable,
- disbelieved,
- discept,
- discredited,
- disputable,
- dispute,
- disputed,
- doubtable,
- doubted,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- dubitable,
- exploded,
- give and take,
- hassle,
- have it out,
- hypothetic,
- ideal,
- iffy,
- impractical,
- in dispute,
- in doubt,
- in dubio,
- in question,
- indefinite,
- introduce,
- join issue,
- launch,
- lay before,
- lock horns,
- logomachize,
- make a motion,
- mistakable,
- mistrusted,
- move,
- notional,
- offer a resolution,
- open to doubt,
- open to question,
- open up,
- pettifog,
- plead,
- polemicize,
- polemize,
- pose,
- posit,
- postulate,
- postulatory,
- prefer,
- problematic,
- problematical,
- proffer,
- propose,
- proposition,
- propound,
- put forth,
- put forward,
- put it to,
- questionable,
- questioned,
- quibble,
- recommend,
- refutable,
- set before,
- set forth,
- spar,
- speculative,
- start,
- submit,
- suggest,
- suppositional,
- suspect,
- suspected,
- suspicious,
- take sides,
- theoretical,
- thrash out,
- try conclusions,
- uncertain,
- undecided,
- under a cloud,
- under suspicion,
- undetermined,
- unresolved,
- unsettled,
- ventilate,
- wrangle
- suspect
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- someone who is under suspicion
- imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"
- hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks" related words >
- a bit thick,
- a bit thin,
- absurd,
- account as,
- accused,
- arguable,
- assume,
- at issue,
- awake a doubt,
- be afraid,
- be diffident,
- be doubtful,
- be dubious,
- be possessive,
- be skeptical,
- be uncertain,
- believe,
- beyond belief,
- call in question,
- challenge,
- conceive,
- conclude,
- confutable,
- conjectural,
- consider,
- contest,
- contestable,
- contested,
- controversial,
- controvertible,
- correspondent,
- daresay,
- debatable,
- deduce,
- deem,
- defendant,
- deniable,
- disbelieve,
- disbelieved,
- discredited,
- disputable,
- dispute,
- disputed,
- distrust,
- divine,
- doubt,
- doubtable,
- doubted,
- doubtful,
- dream,
- dubious,
- dubitable,
- esteem,
- estimate,
- expect,
- exploded,
- fancy,
- feel,
- gather,
- grant,
- greet with skepticism,
- guess,
- half believe,
- harbor suspicions,
- hard of belief,
- hard to believe,
- have a feeling,
- have a hunch,
- have an idea,
- have an impression,
- have an inkling,
- have reservations,
- have the idea,
- hold,
- hold as,
- iffy,
- imagine,
- implausible,
- in dispute,
- in doubt,
- in dubio,
- in question,
- inconceivable,
- incredible,
- infer,
- judge,
- let,
- let be,
- libelee,
- look upon as,
- maintain,
- misdoubt,
- misgive,
- mistakable,
- mistrust,
- mistrusted,
- moot,
- not deserving belief,
- open,
- open to doubt,
- open to question,
- open to suspicion,
- opine,
- passing belief,
- prefigure,
- preposterous,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- presurmise,
- prisoner,
- problematic,
- provisionally accept,
- query,
- question,
- questionable,
- questioned,
- raise a question,
- reckon,
- refutable,
- regard,
- repute,
- respondent,
- ridiculous,
- say,
- scruple,
- sense,
- set down as,
- shadowy,
- shady,
- shaky,
- smell a rat,
- speculative,
- staggering belief,
- suppose,
- suppositional,
- surmise,
- suspected,
- suspicion,
- suspicious,
- take,
- take for,
- take for granted,
- take it,
- take to be,
- tall,
- theorize,
- thick,
- thin,
- think,
- throw doubt upon,
- treat with reserve,
- trow,
- unbelievable,
- uncertain,
- unclear,
- unconvincing,
- under a cloud,
- under suspicion,
- understand,
- unearthly,
- ungodly,
- unimaginable,
- unthinkable,
- unworthy of belief,
- view as,
- ween
- primary
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- a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
- one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
- not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct"
- of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" related words >
- Maxwell triangle,
- Munsell scale,
- ab ovo,
- abecedarian,
- aboriginal,
- all-absorbing,
- antenatal,
- anterior,
- arch,
- austere,
- autochthonous,
- banner,
- bare,
- basal,
- basic,
- basilar,
- beginning,
- bottom,
- budding,
- by-election,
- capital,
- cardinal,
- caucus,
- central,
- champion,
- chaste,
- chief,
- chromatic circle,
- chromatic spectrum,
- chromaticity diagram,
- closed primary,
- color circle,
- color cycle,
- color index,
- color mixture curve,
- color solid,
- color spectrum,
- color system,
- color triangle,
- complementary color,
- congressional election,
- constituent,
- constitutive,
- contested election,
- controlling,
- creative,
- crowning,
- crucial,
- demitint,
- direct,
- direct primary,
- dominant,
- earliest,
- election,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- essential,
- fetal,
- first,
- firsthand,
- focal,
- fore,
- forehand,
- foremost,
- formative,
- forward,
- foundational,
- front,
- frontal,
- full color,
- fundamental,
- fundamental colors,
- general election,
- generative,
- genetic,
- germinal,
- gestatory,
- great,
- gut,
- half tint,
- halftone,
- head,
- headmost,
- hegemonic,
- highest,
- homely,
- homespun,
- homogeneous,
- hue cycle,
- immediate,
- in embryo,
- in its infancy,
- in ovo,
- in the bud,
- inaugural,
- inceptive,
- inchoate,
- inchoative,
- incipient,
- incunabular,
- indivisible,
- infant,
- infantile,
- initial,
- initiative,
- initiatory,
- introductory,
- inventive,
- irreducible,
- leading,
- magisterial,
- maiden,
- main,
- mandatory primary,
- master,
- material,
- mere,
- metamer,
- monochrome,
- monolithic,
- nascent,
- natal,
- nonpartisan primary,
- of a piece,
- of the essence,
- open primary,
- optional primary,
- original,
- overriding,
- overruling,
- paramount,
- partisan election,
- parturient,
- pioneer,
- plain,
- postnatal,
- predominant,
- preeminent,
- preference primary,
- pregnant,
- premier,
- prenatal,
- preponderant,
- presidential election,
- presidential preference primary,
- presidential primary,
- prevailing,
- primal,
- primary color,
- primary election,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primogenial,
- primordial,
- principal,
- pristine,
- procreative,
- protogenic,
- prototypal,
- pure,
- pure and simple,
- pure color,
- radical,
- ranking,
- referendum,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- ruling,
- runoff,
- runoff election,
- runoff primary,
- secondary,
- secondary color,
- seminal,
- severe,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- single,
- solar spectrum,
- sovereign,
- spare,
- spectral color,
- spectrum,
- spectrum color,
- star,
- stark,
- stellar,
- substantial,
- substantive,
- supereminent,
- supreme,
- tertiary,
- tertiary color,
- topflight,
- topmost,
- ultimate,
- unadorned,
- unadulterated,
- uncluttered,
- uncopied,
- underived,
- underlying,
- undifferenced,
- undifferentiated,
- unduplicated,
- unexampled,
- uniform,
- unimitated,
- unmixed,
- unprecedented,
- unreproduced,
- uppermost,
- ur
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