Controversy

Noun

 * 1) A debate, discussion of opposing opinions; strife.

Adjectives for Controversy
perplexing; pending; long-standing; religious; violent; acrimonious; vehement; tedious; frequent; painful; external; important; bitter; political; sectarian; ferocious;  exciting;  pending;  contemptible; heated; long; warm; drawn-out; endless; intricate; arduous; acrid; terrific; lively; scorching; threatening; dangerous; ancient; long-forgotten; legal; economic; international; diplomatic; clerical; parlor; silly; unfortunate; unexpected; waning.

Verbs for Controversy

 * appraise—; arouse—; avoid—; carry on—; clarify—; cut through—; dismiss—; engage in—; entangle in—; involve in—; judge—; occasion—; perpetuate—; plunge into—; precipitate—; shrink from—; stir up—; suppress—; sway by—; unleash—; view—; wage—; —arises from; —blasts; —convulses; —fizzles; —flares; —rages; —spits.
 * produce—; relieve—; suffer—; treat—; —bruises; —crushes; —enervates; —heals; —incapacitates; —injures; —swells.

Synonyms for Controversy
argument, discussion, debate, dispute,  quarrel,  contention,  altercation, bickering, wrangling.

Antonyms for Controversy
agreement, peace, quietness,  forbearance,  restraint, patience.

Derived terms
controversial

Related terms
controversialist; controvert; controverter; controvertible

Thesaurus
argument, argumentation, bicker, bickering, blood feud, brawl, broil, casuistry, cat-and-dog life, clashing, combat, conflict, confrontation, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation, contradiction, cut and thrust, debate, defense, difference, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreement, discord, discordance, discordancy, discrepancy, disharmony, disparity, disputation, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, disunity, divergence, diversity, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, embroilment, enmity, faction, falling-out, feud, fight, fighting, fliting, flyting, fracas, fuss, hassle, hostility, hubbub, hurrah, imbroglio, inaccordance, inequality, jarring, litigation, logomachy, miff, negation, open quarrel, opposition, oppugnancy, paper war, passage of arms, polemic, polemics, quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsomeness, questioning, repugnance, rhubarb, rumpus, scrapping, set-to, sharp words, slanging match, snarl, spat, squabble, squabbling, strife, struggle, tiff, tussle, unharmoniousness, variance, vendetta, verbal engagement, war, war of words, warfare, words, wrangle, wrangling

Etymology
From controversia: < controversus:.

Pronunciation

 * (most common);
 * (older, less common),
 * (older, less common),

Translations

 * Arabic: جدال
 * Armenian:, վիճաբանություն
 * Bulgarian:, дискусия
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Croatian:, kontroverza
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: vaidlus
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, polémique
 * German:
 * Hebrew: מחלוקת (makhloqet) ; חילוקי דעות (khiluqei de'ot)
 * Hungarian:, polémia
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 論争 (ronsō)
 * Korean: 논쟁,


 * Persian: هم ستیزی
 * Polish: spór
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: controversă, dispută (principială), discuție
 * Russian:, дискуссия, разногласия
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: kontrovers
 * Thai: การโต้เถียง, การวิวาท
 * Turkish: ihtilaf, cidal
 * Ottoman Turkish: