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Definition of controversy in English: controversynounPlural controversies kənˈtrɒvəsiˈkɒntrəvəːsiˈkɑntrəˌvərsi mass nounProlonged public disagreement or heated discussion. the design of the building has caused controversy count noun the announcement ended a protracted controversy 此项公告结束了一场旷日持久的争论。 Example sentencesExamples - The good thing is that my work continues to raise a lot of controversy and dialogue.
- I have, moreover, sought to alert the reader to key debates and points of controversy.
- Thanks to recent controversy, this last visit has taken on a greater importance than usual.
- This past week has seen more controversy arising from Sunday's live televised match.
- Within each of these two systems of thought and action there is controversy and argument.
- Scholars come and go and its attribution is a constant source of controversy.
- Then the police were subject to a storm of political conflict and controversy.
- This line of argument takes us swiftly into huge controversy because it goes to the heart of how we parent.
- A storm of controversy continues to rage over changes to bus services in Colchester.
- This ascription has notoriously become a matter of debate and controversy in the modern era.
- For a century, they bestrode court and country, privy to the innermost controversy.
- The legal controversy has been just one problem attending the couple's wedding plans.
- He will knowingly enter a mild scuffle of controversy not of his own making.
- The application is expected to cause controversy when it is finally submitted.
- The controversy over the bodies in the mortuary continues, but this time at national level.
- After a few years of vigorous controversy the second great debate petered out.
- There is no reason to think this latest controversy will end any differently.
- The long-term effects of cannabis on the body are still a matter of controversy.
- There is room for debate and controversy, and there is the stuff of real division.
- It is the latest in a line of complaints about the tip which has been the source of much controversy since it opened.
Synonyms disagreement, dispute, argument, debate, dissension, contention, disputation, altercation, wrangle, quarrel, squabble, war of words, storm wrangling, quarrelling, squabbling, bickering polemic French cause célèbre British informal row rare velitation
UsageThere are two possible pronunciations of the word controversy: one puts the stress on the con- and the other puts it on the -trov-. The former pronunciation is the more traditional, but the latter is now more widespread in British English. OriginLate Middle English: from Latin controversia, from controversus 'turned against, disputed', from contro- (variant of contra- 'against') + versus, past participle of vertere 'to turn'. Definition of controversy in US English: controversynounˈkäntrəˌvərsēˈkɑntrəˌvərsi Disagreement, typically when prolonged, public, and heated. （尤指长期、公开或激烈的）争论；争执；争吵；争议 count noun the announcement ended a protracted controversy 此项公告结束了一场旷日持久的争论。 he sometimes caused controversy because of his forceful views Example sentencesExamples - Then the police were subject to a storm of political conflict and controversy.
- The legal controversy has been just one problem attending the couple's wedding plans.
- The long-term effects of cannabis on the body are still a matter of controversy.
- The good thing is that my work continues to raise a lot of controversy and dialogue.
- He will knowingly enter a mild scuffle of controversy not of his own making.
- This line of argument takes us swiftly into huge controversy because it goes to the heart of how we parent.
- There is no reason to think this latest controversy will end any differently.
- The application is expected to cause controversy when it is finally submitted.
- It is the latest in a line of complaints about the tip which has been the source of much controversy since it opened.
- Thanks to recent controversy, this last visit has taken on a greater importance than usual.
- This ascription has notoriously become a matter of debate and controversy in the modern era.
- There is room for debate and controversy, and there is the stuff of real division.
- Within each of these two systems of thought and action there is controversy and argument.
- I have, moreover, sought to alert the reader to key debates and points of controversy.
- The controversy over the bodies in the mortuary continues, but this time at national level.
- For a century, they bestrode court and country, privy to the innermost controversy.
- After a few years of vigorous controversy the second great debate petered out.
- Scholars come and go and its attribution is a constant source of controversy.
- This past week has seen more controversy arising from Sunday's live televised match.
- A storm of controversy continues to rage over changes to bus services in Colchester.
Synonyms disagreement, dispute, argument, debate, dissension, contention, disputation, altercation, wrangle, quarrel, squabble, war of words, storm
UsageThere are two possible pronunciations of the word controversy: one puts the stress on the con- and the other puts it on the -trov-. The former pronunciation is the more traditional and is standard in US English, but the latter is now more widespread in British English. OriginLate Middle English: from Latin controversia, from controversus ‘turned against, disputed’, from contro- (variant of contra- ‘against’) + versus, past participle of vertere ‘to turn’. |