en controversy

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: Open Mind Common Sense contributors, OpenCyc 2012, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • fr Controverse (n, communication) ➜
  • ar جِدَال (n, communication) ➜
  • ar جَدَل (n, communication) ➜
  • ar خِصَام (n, communication) ➜
  • ar خِلاَف (n, communication) ➜
  • ca controvèrsia (n, communication) ➜
  • ca discussió (n, communication) ➜
  • ca disputa (n, communication) ➜
  • ca lliça (n, communication) ➜
  • en arguing (n, communication) ➜
  • en argument (n, communication) ➜
  • en contention (n, communication) ➜
  • en contestation (n, communication) ➜
  • en disceptation (n, communication) ➜
  • en disputation (n, communication) ➜
  • en tilt (n, communication) ➜
  • es discusión (n, communication) ➜
  • es lid (n, communication) ➜
  • fa بحث و جدل (n, communication) ➜
  • fa جدال (n, communication) ➜
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Related terms

  • en controversial (a) ➜
  • sh kontroverzija (n) ➜
  • ar جدل (n) ➜
  • ar كلام (n) ➜
  • ar مناقشة (n) ➜
  • ar نضال (n) ➜
  • ba бәхәс (n) ➜
  • ca controvèrsia (n) ➜
  • ca polèmica (n) ➜
  • cy dadl (n) ➜
  • da kontrovers (n) ➜
  • da polemik (n) ➜
  • de kontroverse (n) ➜
  • el αμφισβήτηση (n) ➜
  • el διαμάχη (n) ➜
  • en accord (n) ➜
  • en aggress (v) ➜
  • en agitation (n) ➜
  • en angolagate (n) ➜
  • en antennagate (n) ➜
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Types of controversy

  • en argy-bargy (n, communication) ➜
  • en fight (n, communication) ➜
  • en firestorm (n, communication) ➜
  • en polemic (n, communication) ➜
  • en sparring (n, communication) ➜
  • en controversial political action (n) ➜
  • en outrage (n) ➜
  • en socially controversial action (n) ➜

Causes of controversy

  • en creating art ➜
  • en going public ➜
  • en judging someone ➜
  • en serving justice ➜
  • en writing a story ➜

Derived terms

  • en controversial ➜
  • en cybercontroversy ➜
  • en manufactroversy ➜
  • en nontroversy ➜

controversy is a type of…

  • en dispute (n, communication) ➜
  • en human activity (n) ➜

Etymological roots of "controversy"

  • fro controversie ➜
  • la controversia ➜

Word forms

  • en controversies (n) ➜

controversy makes you want…

  • en discover the truth ➜

Etymologically related

  • en controversial ➜
  • la controversus ➜
  • sv kontrovers ➜

Links to other resources

  • umbel.org /umbel/ac/ControversialAction
  • sw.opencyc.org /2012/05/10/concept/en/ControversialAction
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 107197811-n
  • en.wiktionary.org controversy
  • fr.wiktionary.org controversy
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