controversy - Wiktionary

controversy (countable and uncountable, plural controversies). A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife. quotations ▽synonym △. controversy DefinitionfromWiktionary,thefreedictionary Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Contents 1English 1.1Etymology 1.2Pronunciation 1.3Noun 1.3.1Derivedterms 1.3.2Relatedterms 1.3.3Translations 1.4References 1.5Furtherreading English[edit] EnglishWikipediahasanarticleon:controversyWikipedia Etymology[edit] FromMiddleEnglishcontroversie,fromOldFrenchcontroversie,fromLatincontrōversia(“debate,contention,controversy”),fromcontrōversus(“turnedinanoppositedirection”). Pronunciation[edit] (UK)nowmorecommon:IPA(key):/kənˈtɹɒvəsi/,moretraditional:IPA(key):/ˈkɒntɹəˌvɜːsi/[1] Audio(UK)(file) (US,Canada)IPA(key):/ˈkɑntɹəˌvɝsi/ Audio(US)(file) Noun[edit] controversy(countableanduncountable,pluralcontroversies) Adebateordiscussionofopposingopinions;(generally)strife. Synonyms:seeThesaurus:dispute 1605,FrancisBacon,“TheFirstBooke”,inTheTvvooBookesofFrancisBacon.OftheProficienceandAduancementofLearning,DiuineandHumane,London:[…][ThomasPurfootandThomasCreede]forHenrieTomes, […],OCLC932932554,folio11,recto:[A]nditiswithoutallcontrouerſie,thatlearningdothmakethemindsofmengentle,generous,maniable,andplianttogouernment;whereasIgnorancemakesthemchurlish[,]thwart,andmutinous;[...] 2011October1,PhilMcNulty,“Everton0–2Liverpool”,inBBCSport‎[1],archivedfromtheoriginalon15July2019:Thegamewasengulfedincontroversywhen[Jack]Rodwellappearedtowintheballcleanlyinamidfieldchallengewith[Luis]Suarez.ThetackledrewanangryresponsefromLiverpool'splayers –LucasinparticularasSuarezwrithedinagony –butitwasanobviousinjusticewhentheEnglandUnder-21midfielderwasshowntheredcard. Derivedterms[edit] controversial Relatedterms[edit] controversialist controvert controverter controvertible Translations[edit] debate,discussionofopposingopinions Arabic:جَدَل‎ (ar)(jadal) Armenian:վեճ (hy)(več),վիճաբանություն (hy)(vičabanutʿyun) Basque:eztabaida Belarusian:спор m(spor),спрэ́чка f(spréčka) Bulgarian:спор (bg) m(spor),диску́сия (bg) f(diskúsija) Chinese: Mandarin:爭論 (zh),争论 (zh)(zhēnglùn),爭議 (zh),争议 (zh)(zhēngyì) Czech:kontroverze f Dutch:controverse (nl) Esperanto:disputado,polemiko Estonian:vaidlus Finnish:sanaharkka (fi),kiista (fi) French:controverse (fr) f,polémique (fr) f Galician:controversia f Georgian:pleaseaddthistranslationifyoucan German:Kontroverse (de) f,Meinungsverschiedenheit (de) f Greek:διαμάχη (el) f(diamáchi) Ancient:ἀμφισβήτησις f(amphisbḗtēsis) Hebrew:מחלוקת‎ (he) f(makhloqet),חילוקידעות‎ m pl(khiluqeide'ot) Hindi:विवाद (hi) m(vivād) Hungarian:vita (hu),polémia (hu) Italian:controversia (it) f Japanese:論争 (ja)(ろんそう,ronsō) Korean:논쟁 (ko)(nonjaeng),토론 (ko)(toron),논의(nonui) Latin:contrōversia f Latvian:polemika f,kontroversija f Lithuanian:pleaseaddthistranslationifyoucan Maori:whiuwhiukupu Mongolian:pleaseaddthistranslationifyoucan Persian:همستیزی‎ Polish:spór (pl) m Portuguese:controvérsia (pt) f,polêmica (pt) f Romanian:controversă (ro) f,dispută (ro) f,discuție (ro) f Russian:спор (ru) m(spor),диску́ссия (ru) f(diskússija),разногла́сия (ru) n pl(raznoglásija) Sanskrit:वादयुद्ध (sa) n(vādayuddha),विवाद (sa) m(vivāda) ScottishGaelic:connspaid f,connsachadh m Serbo-Croatian:kontrovèrzija (sh) f,kontrovèrza (sh) f Spanish:controversia (es) f,polémica (es) f Swedish:kontrovers (sv) c Thai:การโต้เถียง,การวิวาท (th)(wí-wâat) Turkish:ihtilaf (tr),cidal (tr),anlaşmazlık (tr),uyuşmazlık (tr),tartışma (tr),münazara (tr) OttomanTurkish:جدال‎(cidal) Ukrainian:супере́ка f(superéka),спір m(spir) Vietnamese:tranhcãi (vi) Welsh:pleaseaddthistranslationifyoucan References[edit] ^controversy,www.lexico.com Furtherreading[edit] controversyinWebster’sRevisedUnabridgedDictionary,G.&C.Merriam,1913. controversyinTheCenturyDictionary,NewYork,N.Y.:TheCenturyCo.,1911. controversyatOneLookDictionarySearch. 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