BONE OF CONTENTION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The subject of a dispute

Example:

the real bone of contention, as you know, is money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bone of contention" is a kind of...):

subject; theme; topic (the subject matter of a conversation or discussion)

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