controversy
pronunciation
How to pronounce controversy in British English:
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Word Origin
- controversy
- controversy: see verse
- controversy (n.)
- 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).
Example
- 1. Mitt romney 's foreign-policy tour was mired in controversy .
- 2. And that controversy leads to another one .
- 3. But ms macleod herself is not untouched by controversy .
- 4. The result is controversy at home and abroad .
- 5. The controversy is about to get stickier .