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controversy definition

con·tro·versy (kän′trə vʉr′sē)

noun pl. controversies -·sies

  1. a lengthy discussion of an important question in which opposing opinions clash; debate; disputation
  2. a quarrel or dispute

Etymology: ME controversie < L controversia < controversus, turned in an opposite direction < contra, against + versus: see verse

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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