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21controversy before a court — index lawsuit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
22controversy — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. controversie or directly from L. controversia, from controversus turned in an opposite direction, disputed, turned against, from contra against (see CONTRA (Cf. contra)) + versus (see VERSE (Cf. verse)) …
23controversy — dispute, *argument Analogous words: contention, dissension (see DISCORD): disputation, *argumentation, forensic, debate …
24controversy — The stress is always placed on the first syllable in AmE and normally in BrE too, although a variant with stress on the second syllable is becoming increasingly common, despite the strictures of purists. Early stress on words of more than three… …
25controversy — [n] debate, dispute altercation, argument, beef*, bickering, brush, contention, difference, discussion, disputation, dissention, embroilment, falling out*, flak, fuss, hurrah, miff, polemic, quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrap, squabble, strife,… …
26controversy — ► NOUN (pl. controversies) ▪ debate or disagreement about a matter which arouses strongly contrasting opinions. USAGE The second pronunciation, putting the stress on trov , is widely held to be incorrect in standard English. ORIGIN Latin… …
27controversy — [kän′trə vʉr΄sē] n. pl. controversies [ME controversie < L controversia < controversus, turned in an opposite direction < contra, against + versus: see VERSE] 1. a lengthy discussion of an important question in which opposing opinions… …
28controversy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, major ▪ bitter, fierce (esp. BrE), heated, intense, raging ▪ g …
29Controversy — Disagree redirects here. For the Malaysian band, see Disagree (band). For other uses, see Controversy (disambiguation). Auseinandersetzung (Controversy), by Karl Henning Seemann Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate,… …
30Controversy over the use of Manchester Cathedral in Resistance: Fall of Man — Top: A screenshot of Manchester Cathedral in Resistance: Fall of Man Bottom: A photograph of the cathedral s interior from a similar position The 2006 video game Re …
