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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the subject of a dispute; "the real bone of contention, as you know, is money"

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bones of contention) If a particular matter or issue is a bone of contention, it is the subject of a disagreement or argument. The main bone of contention is the temperature level of the air-conditioners. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

Subject of contention, subject of dispute.

Moby Thesaurus

apple of discord, bone to pick, casus belli, catechism, cross-interrogatory, cross-question, crow to pick, crow to pluck, debating point, demand, feeler, grounds for war, inquiry, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatory, issue, leader, leading question, moot point, point at issue, point in question, problem, query, question, question at issue, question mark, quodlibet, rub, sore point, tender spot, ticklish issue, topic, trial balloon, vexed question