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noun

Controversy n. (pl. controversies)

Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions. "This left no room for controversy about the title." "A dispute is commonly oral, and a controversy in writing."

Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference. "The Lord hath a controversy with the nations."

A suit in law or equity; a question of right. (Obs.) "When any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment."

Synonyms: Dispute; debate; disputation; disagreement; altercation; contention; wrangle; strife; quarrel.

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... Meanwhile, Vietnamese authorities have slowed implementation of the structural reforms needed to revitalize the economy and produce more competitive, export-driven industries. Privatization of state enterprises remains bogged down in political controversy, while the country's dynamic private sector is denied both financing and access to markets. Reform of the banking sector - considered one of the riskiest in the world - is proceeding slowly, raising ...

— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... incident happened during the Arthur Administration. The dismissal of Gen. Fitz-John Porter from the army had been the subject of more or less acrimonious controversy. During nearly two decades this had raged in army circles. At length the friends of Porter, led by Curtin and Slocum, succeeded in passing a relief measure through Congress. They were in ecstasies. That there might be a presidential objection ...

— Marse Henry, Complete - An Autobiography • Henry Watterson

... in war, coal spells life and power. It was the cudgel that the one-time proud and arrogant Germany held menacingly over the head of the unhappy neutral, and extorted special privilege. At the moment I write, coal is the storm center of controversy that ranges from the Ruhr Valley of Germany to the Welsh fields of Britain and affects the destinies of statesmen and of countries. We are not without fuel troubles, as our empty bins indicate. The nation, therefore, with cheap and abundant coal has a bargaining asset that insures ...

— An African Adventure • Isaac F. Marcosson

... does not often deliver itself startlingly in sudden discharges as of lightning. You need to school your sense somewhat, not to miss a fine effect now and then. Consider the broadness and coarseness in pleasantry, that, before Pascal, had been common, almost universal, in controversy, and you will better understand what a creative touch it was of genius, of feeling, and of taste, that brought into literature the far more than Attic, the ineffable Christian, purity of that wit ...

— Classic French Course in English • William Cleaver Wilkinson

... Sketch to the Martin Marprelate Controversy,' which appeared in 1895, contains a list of the more important tracts connected with that subject; and you will find Mr. W. Pierce's 'Historical Introduction to the Marprelate Tracts' (1908) useful. ...

— The Book-Hunter at Home • P. B. M. Allan

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