Definition: 1. A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement. 2. Public discussion and argument about something that many people strongly disagree about, disapprove of, or are shocked by.
Use 'controversy' in a sentence:
1. To what extent competition determines the composition of a community and the density of particular species has been the source of considerable controversy.
2. The idea fairly bristles with controversy.
3. It has given rise to much controversy.
4. With far less controversy, colleges could send messages about canceled classes, delayed buses, campus crises or just the cafeteria menu.
5. Someone took an inappropriate use of words on my part and tried to blow it into a major controversy.
6. The present controversy dates from 1986.
7. The Government is keeping aloof from the controversy.
8. The controversy continues to this day.
9. He feared that a map in the atlas could pull climate scientists into another vortex of damaging controversy.
10. But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries.
11. The speech has resulted in a firestorm of controversy.
12. Now the rise of the World Wide Web seems to have revived this smoldering controversy from the ashes.
13. The paper put the controversy on the front page. And the next day, the back-pedalling began.
14. Excessively skinny models have been a point of controversy for decades, and two researchers say a model's body mass should be a workplace health and safety issue.
15. There wasn't much controversy over the candidates.
16. That is a fact beyond controversy.
17. The controversy is unlikely to die down.
18. They had a bitter controversy over the question.
19. Some blame for the current controversy belongs to astronomers.
20. It gives rise to controversy among experts.
21. The controversy surrounding the take-over yesterday continued to reverberate around the television industry.
22. He has been no stranger to controversy and vitriol during a tumultuous political career.
23. So far, the evidence is inadequate, and the controversy continues.
24. It's brought to the surface a much wider controversy.
25. This view has caused great controversy: Black Americans have fallen into a "tangle of pathology".
26. Alan doesn't shy away from controversy.
27. This work stirred up another ground for controversy about the allowable solutions.
28. The topic whether high school students should be allowed to bring mobile phone to school has caused controversy.
29. Nicknames like "Operation Killer" during the Korean war and Vietnam's "Operation Masher", Sieminski wrote, caused controversy when reported in the press.
30. He enjoys polemics, persuasion, and controversy.
31. He says there is 'not a scintilla of evidence' to link him to any controversy.
32. The Chinese manual adds to the controversy over whether compulsive internet use should be officially viewed as a mental disorder.
33. The controversy regarding vitamin C is unlikely to be resolved in the near future.
34. As a politician he has often courted controversy.
35. The proposed cuts have caused considerable controversy.
36. The President resigned amid considerable controversy.
37. The controversy has arisen over the text of the preamble to the unification treaty.
38. The decision had been agreed in principle before today's meeting, but some controversy surrounded it.
39. Science is exactly what we need more of when it comes to GM foods, which is why I was happy to see Nature devote a special series of articles to the GM food controversy.
40. This question has recently caused heated controversy in public forums.
41. He says there is "not a scintilla of evidence" to link him to any controversy.
42. He is no stranger to controversy.
43. The issue engendered controversy.
44. The government is taking care not to rush headlong into another controversy.
45. He is a lightning rod for controversy.
46. The controversy surrounding the takeover yesterday continued to reverberate around the television industry.
47. Many of the papers focus their attention on the controversy surrounding the Foreign Secretary.
48. The new system is the focus of controversy.
49. Legislation to that effect created fierce controversy both in Parliament and outside.
