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controversy
  1. A debate, discussion of opposing opinions; strife.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In a new book likely to rekindle fierce controversy, psychologist Robert Plomin argues that genes largely shape our personalities.”
      “In the 19th century, there was a great controversy on the question of how old the Earth was.”
      “From the Arian controversy he learned that it was a mistake to distinguish the persons by their attributes.”
controverter
  1. One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Speaking to the media here on Sunday during a visit to the residence of the partys youth wing leader, the Minister controverter any change of the prime minister.”
controvertist
  1. One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.
  2. Examples:
    1. “How unfriendly is the controvertist to the discernment of the critic!”
controversialness
  1. The state or quality of being controversial. [from 18th c.]
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The controversialness of the film sparked a heated debate among critics and viewers.”
controverser
  1. (obsolete) controverter, one who controverts
controversialist
  1. One who regularly engages in public controversies.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “But they are all in agreement that he is not a simple controversialist just for the sake of it.”
      “He was a pertinacious controversialist, but in any personal discussion his humorous twinkle was disarming.”
      “But there was another side to this English poet, novelist, journalist, biographer and controversialist.”
controversiality
  1. The quality or state of being controversial.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The controversiality of the proposed legislation sparked heated debates among lawmakers.”
controversialism
  1. The tendency to engage in controversy.
  2. Examples:
    1. “But they are being denied that right and that's what this unholy controversialism is all about.”
controversor
  1. Obsolete form of controverser.
controuersie
  1. Obsolete spelling of controversy
controverse
  1. (obsolete) Controversy.
controversion
controversialisms
  1. plural of controversialism
controversialists
controversialities
controversions
controvertists
  1. plural of controvertist
controversors
  1. plural of controversor
controversers
  1. plural of controverser
controverters
  1. plural of controverter
controverses
  1. plural of controverse
controversies
  1. plural of controversy
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He has developed a gift for wriggling out of controversies by seizing the initiative and creating a third option.”
      “The history of this problem indicates that these controversies are reflections of irresolvable tensions in our thought about agency.”
      “In addition, many of Wilson's conclusions about individual controversies and developments are sound and well grounded.”
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