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DEMAND FOR EXPLANATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does demand for explanation mean?
• DEMAND FOR EXPLANATION (noun)
The noun DEMAND FOR EXPLANATION has 1 sense:
1. a challenge to defend what someone has said
Familiarity information: DEMAND FOR EXPLANATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEMAND FOR EXPLANATION (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A challenge to defend what someone has said
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
calling into question; demand for explanation
Hypernyms ("demand for explanation" is a kind of...):
challenge (a call to engage in a contest or fight)
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