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disagreement — especially regarding a public issue that arouses strong feelings- The film benefited from the controversy.
controversy = disagreement
- She withdrew from nomination due to the controversy surrounding her taxes.
- A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on the way to totalitarianism and death.Robert Maynard Hutchins
- It will start a controversy that will be worth thousands to you just in advertising.Jack London -- Martin Eden
- In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preservedThe Bill Of Rights
- During a controversy of this character, Jeems Cunningham testified that his mother spelled it Cunningham on deeds and things, but she was really a Coningham, she was an uncertain speller, a seldom reader, and was given to looking far away sometimes when she sat on the front gallery in the evening.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Don't step on the toes of the dog-lovers, the cat-lovers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, chiefs, Mormons, Baptists, Unitarians, second-generation Chinese, Swedes, Italians, Germans, Texans, Brooklynites, Irishmen, people from Oregon or Mexico. ... The bigger your market, Montag, the less you handle controversy, remember that!Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451
- Though 85 percent of Joetsu residents donated to the park fund, the plan generated heated controversy.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- For a detailed account of the contamination controversy, see A Conspiracy of Cells, by Michael Gold.Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Fyfe's response, though, was to sidestep that controversy and conduct a study.Malcolm Gladwell -- Blink
- Avoid controversy and argument.John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues
- Aiming for controversy, are we?John Green -- Looking for Alaska
- When the others find out about Mink's latest caper, there is a period of prolonged controversy, animosity, litigation and disgrace.Don DeLillo -- White Noise
- The only controversy came when Brandon Spikes tried to poke a guy in the eye.Tim Tebow -- Through My Eyes
- Prithee, Kate, let's stand aside and see the end of this controversy.William Shakespeare -- The Taming of the Shrew
- This argument has, understandably, sparked a great deal of controversy in the popular press.Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point
- But Mr. Madison, trying so hard to contain the controversy, looked tired.Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
- There'll be plenty of erudite controversy you can be sure!Eugene Ionesco -- Rhinoceros
- It was the cause of bitter controversies.Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
- Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns.George Washington -- Washington's Farewell Address
controversy = disagreement
controversy = disagreement
controversy = disputes where there is strong disagreement