controversy

English

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Etymology

From Latin controversia (“debate, contention, controversy”), from controversus (“turned in an opposite direction”).

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA: /ˈkɑntɹəˌvɝsi/, /ˈkɑntʃɹəˌvɝsi/, X-SAMPA: /"kAntr\@%v3`si/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒntɹəvəːsi/ (most common); IPA: /kənˈtɹɒvəsi/, X-SAMPA: /k@n"tr\Qv@si/ (older, less common)

Noun

controversy (plural controversies)

1. A debate, discussion of opposing opinions; strife.
   • 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:

     The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:dispute

Derived terms

• controversial

Related terms

• controversialist
• controvert
• controverter
• controvertible

Translations

debate, discussion of opposing opinions

• Arabic: جدال (ar) m
• Armenian: վեճ (hy) (več̣), վիճաբանություն (hy) (vič̣abanut’yun)
• Basque: eztabaida (eu)
• Bulgarian: спор (bg) (spor) m, дискусия (bg) (diskusija) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爭論 (cmn), 争论 (cmn) (zhēnglùn), 爭議 (cmn), 争议 (cmn) (zhēngyì)

• Dutch: controverse (nl)
• Esperanto: disputado (eo)
• Estonian: vaidlus (et)
• Finnish: sanaharkka (fi), kiista (fi)
• French: controverse (fr) f, polémique (fr) f
• German: Kontroverse (de) f
• Greek: διαμάχη (el) (diamáchi) f
• Hebrew: מחלוקת (makhloqet) f; חילוקי דעות (khiluqei de'ot) m pl
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: vita (hu), polémia (hu)
• Italian: controversia (it) f
• Japanese: 論争 (ronsō)

• Korean: 논쟁 (ko) (nonjaeng), 토론 (ko) (toron)
• Latvian: polemika (lv) f, kontroversija (lv) f
• Persian: هم ستیزی (fa)
• Polish: spór (pl) m
• Portuguese: controvérsia (pt) f
• Romanian: controversă (ro) f, dispută (principială) (ro) f, discuție (ro) f
• Russian: спор (ru) (spor) m, дискуссия (ru) (diskússija) f, разногласия (ru) (raznoglásija) n pl
• Scottish Gaelic: connspaid (gd) f, connsachadh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: kontrovèrzija (sh) f, kontrovèrza (sh) f
• Spanish: controversia (es) f
• Swedish: kontrovers (sv) c
• Thai: การโต้เถียง (th) (gaan dtôh tĭang), การวิวาท (th) (gaan wíwâat)
• Turkish: ihtilaf (tr), cidal (tr), anlaşmazlık (tr), uyuşmazlık (tr), tartışma (tr), münazara (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: جدال (cidal)

• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

External links

• controversy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• controversy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911