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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal_speech_situation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal_speech_situation You're certainly right about the long tradition behind 'debate', and yet, it does still carry the connotations I mentioned earlier, to the extent that one would likely have to say "let's a have a fair and honest debate about X" in order to temper some of the unproductive tendencies that tend to arise in a debate.