Synonyms for public debate
pub·lic de·bate

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1. debate, disputation, public debatenoun

   the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)

   Synonyms:
   contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt, contention, argument, arguing, debate, argumentation

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1. Elkin Abramowitz:

   The whole brouhaha here is overblown to the point where there are cynical suggestions offered for the plain and simple truth that the chamber wanted only to release accurate information that they believed was totally unassailable, the chamber was never satisfied that the numbers that they were getting from D.O.H. were accurate. The chamber responded to the D.O.J. request with what they deemed to be totally accurate numbers. They didn’t want to have a public debate about other numbers at the same time.

2. Nathaniel Gleicher:

   Public debate, open elections are the cornerstone of democracy, there's nothing more important than this. This is our highest priority and it's certainly my highest priority.

3. President Barack Obama:

   I've said before that we will take no deal over a bad deal, but if I can prove that the deal we've put in place assures us through indisputable verification mechanisms that Iran cannot achieve breakout capacity, if I've got a bunch of scientists and nuclear experts saying this assures us that Iran is not on the brink of being a nuclear weapons power, then that's a public debate we should have.

4. Mary Lawlor:

   Just as its creation marked the beginning of openness in Russia, its closure might signal an end to this period, their criticism of historical and contemporary human rights abuses has for many years made them the target of a government that is ever diminishing the space for public debate.

5. Vivian Schiller:

   Allowing the targeting of political messages to narrow slivers of the electorate is the opposite of enabling public debate.