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controversy
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)
- A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dispute
Derived terms
- controversial
Related terms
- controversialist
- controvert
- controverter
- controvertible
Translations
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
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controversies
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?nt???v?siz/, /?k?nt????v?siz/
Noun
controversies
- plural of controversy
controversies From the web:
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- what controversies surround conventional farming
- what controversies surround organic farming
- what controversies surround genetically modified organisms
- what controversies surround the use of criminal profiling
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