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US
/ˈkɑntɹəˌvɝsi/
]
[ UK /kˈɒntɹəvˌɜːsi/ ]
[ UK /kˈɒntɹəvˌɜːsi/ ]
NOUN
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a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
they were involved in a violent argument
How To Use controversy In A Sentence
- But since the controversy is still very much alive, it seems advisable to take a new look at this issue.
- It would have been a luxury to unfrock some of them, but it has seemed to me the duty of every sincere Republican to endure a great deal rather than say anything to introduce division or controversy into party ranks .... A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
- There is a great deal of controversy over the merits of bleached and unbleached flour.
- Several other recent transfers have been accompanied by a strong whiff of controversy.
- There has been a huge controversy over where to put the city's new sports stadium and who should build it.
- Yet marital relations were a constant theme of controversy, discussion, humour and, of course, song.
- Irvine has presented a detailed analysis of the controversy regarding the role of these two inositol phosphates in regulating calcium entry.
- It hasn't been the source of controversy or congratulation.
- In the 1960s, open-plan offices were introduced, though not without some controversy.
- One assumes other factors were at work, perhaps clinical depression, so that the medal controversy precipitated his decision.