Synonyms for controversy


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-truh-vur-see; British also kuhn-trov-er-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒn trəˌvɜr si; British also kənˈtrɒv ər si

Top 10 synonyms for controversy Other synonyms for the word controversy

Définition of controversy

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French controversie or directly from Latin controversia, from controversus "turned in an opposite direction, disputed, turned against," from contra- "against" (see contra) + versus (see verse).
  • noun debate, dispute
Example sentences :
  • These stables had been a subject of controversy for some time.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • The copies of Hearts of Controversy were lying where he had left them on the previous night.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • A month after his return to London, Hearts of Controversy was published.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • The origin of these turf monuments is still a matter of controversy.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • The field of controversy will never be won by their molecular "Hessians."
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • The controversy on the question has been long and at times violent.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • And Huxley, in controversy, was no more kind to my sacra than to other people's.
  • Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • The history of that controversy has been brilliantly told by Hazlitt.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • I have so often come to them from the heat and turmoil of controversy.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • The other women agreed with him, and snubbed the ignoramus, who retired from the controversy.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael

Antonyms for controversy

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