different between controversial vs contradictor

English

Etymology

Latin controversia (“controversy”) + -al; see controversy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n.tr??v??.??l/, /?k?n.t???v??.sj?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n.t???v?.??l/
• Hyphenation: con?tro?ver?sial

Adjective

controversial (comparative more controversial, superlative most controversial)

1. Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.

   • Whole libraries of controversial books.

Usage notes

• Nouns often used with "controversial": topic, subject, work, author, method, etc.

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See also

Further reading

• controversial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• controversial in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Spanish

Adjective

controversial (plural controversiales)

1. (Latin America) controversial

   Synonym: controvertido

Derived terms

• controversialmente

Related terms

• controversia

Further reading

• “controversial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contr?dictor.

Noun

contradictor (plural contradictors)

1. Alternative form of contradicter
   • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist

     “That was in Casco,” his wife contradicted immediately. She spoke in the unmistakable tones of a veteran contradictor.

Latin

Etymology

From contr?d?c? (“I speak against; contradict”), from contr? (“against”) + d?c? (“I say, speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.tra??dik.tor/, [k?n?t??ä??d??kt??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.tra?dik.tor/, [k?n?t????d?ikt??r]

Noun

contr?dictor m (genitive contr?dict?ris); third declension

1. Someone who replies or objects; opponent.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

• Catalan: contradictor
• French: contradicteur
• Italian: contradditore
• Portuguese: contraditor
• Spanish: contradictor

References

• contradictor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contradictor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• contradictor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contr?dictor.

Adjective

contradictor (feminine contradictora, masculine plural contradictores, feminine plural contradictoras)

1. contradictory

Noun

contradictor m (plural contradictores, feminine contradictora, feminine plural contradictoras)

1. contradicter

Related terms

• contradecir
• contradicción