The phrase "defining argument" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe an argument or claim that is used to define the essence of something. For example, "The defining argument of this essay is that technology has had a major impact on our daily lives."
Towards the end of this subtle, thoughtful biography of Queen Victoria AN Wilson presents his defining argument.
Massacres in Syria, even the killing of a fine diplomat, matter less than this election's defining argument, about the economy.
The other certainty is that the defining argument of this college football season will be between the Southeastern Conference and the Big 12, which have separated themselves as the top two leagues in college football.
It's a stunning expose of the destructive power of industry lobbyists, and a defining argument for a return to the open standards that have served other countries so well.
That adds to the potency of the issue". The issue has become one of the defining arguments of the 2006 election season.
His chapter titles a few of which are "Ideology of Cure," "Violence of Cure," "Nuances of Cure," "Impacts of Cure," and "Promises of Cure"—underscore his decision to privilege deep engagement over defined argument.
IAA varied considerably between the two positionally-defined types (i.e., pre- and post-nominal arguments) and the others: across both predicators, IAA for the positionally defined argument types was 95.8%, falling to 68.4% for the others.
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The danger is that defining the argument, and presenting it in populist terms, is an exercise dominated by the anti-Euro camp.
Hitchcock 2006 provides a precise account of this conception, defining an argument as "a claim-reason complex" consisting of (i) an act of concluding, (ii) one or more acts of premising (which assert propositions in favour of the conclusion), and (iii) a stated or implicit inference word that indicates that the conclusion follows from the premises.
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