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Disadvantage

In policy debate, a disadvantage (here abbreviated as DA) is an argument that a team brings up against a policy action that is being considered. A disadvantage is also used in the Lincoln-Douglas debate format.

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Disadvantage

Nodes32
Edges31
Triples46
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.0625
Components1

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Disadvantage

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related to Political · 26
Disadvantage → Affirmative, Akaka, An, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Congress, Double-Whammy, Fiat, For, However, Immigration Reform, Impact, In, Link, Obama, Plan, Politics, President Obama, President's, Presidential, Rather
related to Linear · 4
Disadvantage → Affirmative, Non-kritikal, The, There
related to Other · 4
Disadvantage → In, Link, Or, This
related to Uniqueness · 4
Disadvantage → Affirmative, For, If, Uniqueness
related to External links · 3
Disadvantage → DA, For, If
related to Structure · 3
Disadvantage → DA, These, Unique Link
is a · 1
Disadvantage → special type of linear disadvantage which claims that the affirmative will aggravate the problem in the status quo to the extent that it passes a brink
related to Brink · 1
Disadvantage → The

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Disadvantageis aspecial type of linear disadvantage which claims that the affirmative will aggravate the problem in the status quo to the extent that it passes a brink0.90text
Disadvantagerelated to BrinkThe0.60section
Disadvantagerelated to External linksFor0.60section
Disadvantagerelated to External linksIf0.60section
Disadvantagerelated to External linksDA0.60section
Disadvantagerelated to LinearThe0.60section
Disadvantagerelated to LinearThere0.60section
Disadvantagerelated to LinearNon-kritikal0.60section
Disadvantagerelated to LinearAffirmative0.60section
Disadvantagerelated to OtherIn0.60section
Disadvantagerelated to OtherLink0.60section
Disadvantagerelated to OtherOr0.60section

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