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/, SAMPA: /"kAntr\@%v3`si/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒntrəvəːsi (most common); IPA: /kənˈtɹɒvəsi/ (older, less common), SAMPA: /k@n"tr\Qv@si/

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) Bulgarian: спор (bg) m., дискусия (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 爭論 (cmn), 争论 (cmn) (zhēnglùn), 爭議 (cmn), 争议 (cmn) (zhēngyì) Croatian: kontrovèrzija (hr) f., kontrovèrza (hr) f. 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. Ghotuo: controvea 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: please add this translation if you can 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. Spanish: controversia (es) f. Swedish: kontrovers (sv) c. Thai: การโต้เถียง (th) (gaan dtôh tĭang), การวิวาท (th) (gaan wíwâat) Turkish: ihtilaf (tr), cidal (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