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controversy

/ˈkɒntɹəˌvɜːsi/KON-truh-vur-see
/ˈkɑntɹəˌvɝsi/KAHN-truh-vur-see

Meaningturned against

Common meaning: a long public disagreement

Journey through time

  1. Latincontroversus‘turned against’source
  2. Latinmeaning shiftsturned against → a quarrelcontroversia‘a quarrel’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa quarrel → a long public disagreementcontroversy‘a long public disagreement’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin controversus ‘turned against’.

Roots

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