NOUN
- the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
How To Use public debate In A Sentence
- I was talking about people who aspire to have their ideas influence the public debate.
- Education is the current focus of public debate.
- But, rather like the public debate in the Assembly chambers, it did not have quite the same intensity.
- The former Archbishop of Canterbury hit out yesterday at extreme atheists who are intolerant of religious views and attempt to deny Christians a voice in public debate.
- He delivered countless lectures all over the world, crossing all the continents and successfully engaging some of the biggest names in Christian evangelists in public debates.
- Last week, the governor entered the public debate on health-care reform.
- I certainly believe that the blogosphere should advance and ennoble the public debate - not coarsen it.
- It is indeed refreshing to see politically unaligned individuals beginning to contribute soberly in this crucial public debate in the interest of what the ANC seeks to achieve: a strong and coordinated criminal justice system that is capacitated to effectively fight all kinds of crime within the country. ANC Today
- They also recommend sufficient time for public debate to occur - fundamental change should not occur by stealth.
- In public debate the loud dissenters are steeped in the liberal creed.