wranglings
Prolonged contentious debates
Wranglings are prolonged, contentious disputes or arguments, especially those involving complicated negotiations or bureaucratic processes.
The word emphasizes the messy, drawn-out nature of conflict: After months of legal wranglings, the case was finally settled.
Political wranglings often delay legislation; corporate wranglings can stall mergers.
Reasoned case or dispute
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- squabbleTrivial noisy argument
- bickeringPetty verbal sparring
- altercationHeated verbal dispute
spat · tiff · clash · conflict · disagreement · feud · friction · misunderstanding
Negotiating mutually acceptable terms
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- deal-makingNegotiating agreements between parties
diplomacy · talks · parley · conciliation · settlement · accord · truce · concession
National legislative assembly
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- filibusterDelaying tactic through speech
- partisanBiased toward one side
- caucusParty selection meeting
committee · faction · coalition · gridlock · deadlock · amendment · procedural · bipartisan
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
altercation · spat · tiff · clash · conflict · disagreement · feud · friction · misunderstanding · controversy
bargaining
Negotiating mutually acceptable terms
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
deal-making · diplomacy · talks · parley · conciliation · settlement · accord · truce · concession · horse-trading
parliament
National legislative assembly
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- filibusterDelaying tactic through speech
- partisanBiased toward one side
caucus · committee · faction · coalition · gridlock · deadlock · amendment · procedural · bipartisan · obstruction
wranglingsagreements
Formal mutual arrangements
accords · harmony · concord · consensus · understandings
wranglingssettlements
Established communities or agreements
resolutions · conclusions · compromises · treaties · pacts
- data wranglingTransforming raw information for analysis