different between controversialist vs controversy

English

Etymology

controversial +? -ist

Noun

controversialist (plural controversialists)

1. One who regularly engages in public controversies.

   Richard Dawkins has become a leading controversialist in a few areas.

   • 1847-1886, James Crossley (editor), notes in The Diary and Correspondence of Dr. John Worthington

     His indefatigable adversary, who is the perfect model of an agile controversialist, had attacked him as a magniloquent Thraso, on account of his Pansophical promises.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Old French controversie, from Latin contr?versia (“debate, contention, controversy”), from contr?versus (“turned in an opposite direction”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) now more common: IPA^(key): /k?n?t??v?si/, more traditional: IPA^(key): /?k?nt???v??si/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?k?nt???v?si/

Noun

controversy (countable and uncountable, plural controversies)

1. A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dispute

Derived terms

• controversial

Related terms

• controversialist
• controvert
• controverter
• controvertible

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References

Further reading

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