"controversy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kənˈtɹɒvəsi/ [UK], /ˈkɒntɹəˌvɜːsi/ [UK], /ˈkɑntɹəˌvɝsi/ [Canada, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-controversy.wav [Southern-England], En-us-controversy.ogg [US] Forms: controversies [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English controversie, from Old French controversie, from Latin contrōversia (“debate, contention, controversy”), from contrōversus (“turned in an opposite direction”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|controversie}} Middle English controversie, {{der|en|fro|controversie}} Old French controversie, {{der|en|la|contrōversia||debate, contention, controversy}} Latin contrōversia (“debate, contention, controversy”), {{m|la|contrōversus||turned in an opposite direction}} contrōversus (“turned in an opposite direction”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} controversy (countable and uncountable, plural controversies)
  1. A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife. Wikipedia link: controversy Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: dispute Derived forms: controversial, Hesychast controversy, pseudo-controversy, teach the controversy Related terms: controversialist, controvert, controverter, controvertible Translations (debate, discussion of opposing opinions): ἀμφισβήτησις (amphisbḗtēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), جَدَل (jadal) (Arabic), վեճ (več) (Armenian), վիճաբանություն (vičabanutʻyun) (Armenian), eztabaida (Basque), спор (spor) [masculine] (Belarusian), спрэ́чка (spréčka) [feminine] (Belarusian), спор (spor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), диску́сия (diskúsija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 爭論 (Chinese Mandarin), 争论 (zhēnglùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 爭議 (Chinese Mandarin), 争议 (zhēngyì) (Chinese Mandarin), kontroverze [feminine] (Czech), controverse (Dutch), disputado (Esperanto), polemiko (Esperanto), vaidlus (Estonian), vastuolu (Estonian), sanaharkka (Finnish), kiista (Finnish), controverse [feminine] (French), polémique [feminine] (French), controversia [feminine] (Galician), Kontroverse [feminine] (German), Meinungsverschiedenheit [feminine] (German), διαμάχη (diamáchi) [feminine] (Greek), מחלוקת (makhloqet) [feminine] (Hebrew), חילוקי דעות (khiluqei de'ot) [masculine, plural] (Hebrew), विवाद (vivād) [masculine] (Hindi), vita (Hungarian), polémia (Hungarian), controversia [feminine] (Italian), 論争 (ronsō) (alt: ろんそう) (Japanese), 논쟁 (nonjaeng) (Korean), 토론 (toron) (Korean), 논의 (nonui) (Korean), contrōversia [feminine] (Latin), polemika [feminine] (Latvian), kontroversija [feminine] (Latvian), whiuwhiu kupu (Maori), جدال (cidal) (Ottoman Turkish), هم ستیزی (Persian), spór [masculine] (Polish), controvérsia [feminine] (Portuguese), polêmica [feminine] (Portuguese), controversă [feminine] (Romanian), dispută [feminine] (Romanian), discuție [feminine] (Romanian), спор (spor) [masculine] (Russian), диску́ссия (diskússija) [feminine] (Russian), разногла́сия (raznoglásija) [neuter, plural] (Russian), वादयुद्ध (vādayuddha) [neuter] (Sanskrit), विवाद (vivāda) [masculine] (Sanskrit), connspaid [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), connsachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), kontrovèrzija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kontrovèrza [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), controversia [feminine] (Spanish), polémica [feminine] (Spanish), kontrovers [common-gender] (Swedish), การโต้เถียง (Thai), การวิวาท (wí-wâat) (Thai), རྩོད་རྙོག (rtsod rnyog) (Tibetan), རྙོག་ཁྲ (rnyog khra) (Tibetan), རྩོད་པ (rtsod pa) (Tibetan), ihtilaf (Turkish), cidal (Turkish), anlaşmazlık (Turkish), uyuşmazlık (Turkish), tartışma (Turkish), münazara (Turkish), супере́ка (superéka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), спір (spir) [masculine] (Ukrainian), tranh cãi (Vietnamese), dadl [feminine] (Welsh)

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          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
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          "alt": "ろんそう",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "toron",
          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "word": "토론"
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          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
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          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "polemika"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "word": "whiuwhiu kupu"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "word": "هم ستیزی"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "spór"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "discuție"
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          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
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          "roman": "wí-wâat",
          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "word": "การวิวาท"
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          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "word": "རྩོད་རྙོག"
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          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "rnyog khra",
          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "word": "རྙོག་ཁྲ"
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          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "rtsod pa",
          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "word": "རྩོད་པ"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "word": "ihtilaf"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "word": "cidal"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "word": "anlaşmazlık"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
          "word": "uyuşmazlık"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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      "word": "هم ستیزی"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "controvérsia"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "word": "การโต้เถียง"
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      "code": "th",
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      "code": "bo",
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      "word": "རྩོད་རྙོག"
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    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "rnyog khra",
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    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "rtsod pa",
      "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
      "word": "རྩོད་པ"
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      "word": "cidal"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "cidal",
      "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
      "word": "جدال"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "superéka",
      "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "супере́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spir",
      "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спір"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
      "word": "tranh cãi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "debate, discussion of opposing opinions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dadl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "controversy"
}

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