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Definition of Controversy
1. Noun. A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement. "They were involved in a violent argument"
Generic synonyms: Conflict, Difference, Difference Of Opinion, Dispute
Specialized synonyms: Argle-bargle, Argy-bargy, Firestorm, Sparring, Polemic, Fight
Derivative terms: Argue, Contend, Contend, Contentious, Contentious, Contest, Controversial, Dispute, Dispute
Definition of Controversy
1. n. Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.
Definition of Controversy
1. Noun. A debate, discussion of opposing opinions; strife. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Controversy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Controversy
Literary usage of Controversy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"The answer of this company shows the questions that will arise under the branch
of the one controversy, but it does not create another controversy. ..."
2. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1909)
"CHAPTER XVII The Marprelate controversy THE fashion of printed discussion did
not become general in England before the reign of Elizabeth. ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1901)
"... of 837 pages) ore divided into xvi books—the first of history, the remainder
of controversy and doctrine. The Jesuit's learning is copious and correct; ..."
4. The Infallibility of the Church: A Course of Lectures Delivered in the by George Salmon (1888)
"THE controversy WITH ROME. WHEN I attended the Lectures of the Regius Professor
of Divinity, now more than forty years ago, the prescribed division of his ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"From one point of view, then, the Hesychast controversy may be conceived as an
... HISTORY OF THE controversy.—The leaders of either side were Palamas the ..."
6. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1885)
"We now come to the actual controversy, and it will be best on this to let John
Cains tell the story himself. He writes at the commencement of the De ..."
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