controversialadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌkɒntrəˈvəːʃl/, U.S.

/ˌkɑntrəˈvərsiəl/,

/ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃ(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s–1600s controuersiall, 1600s contravertial, 1600s controuersial, 1600s controversiall, 1600s controvertial, 1600s– controversial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin controversialis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin controversialis subject to controversy (5th cent.) < classical Latin contrōversia controversy n. + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare Middle French controversiel subject to discussion or debate (c1480 in an apparently isolated attestation). Compare controversy n.

A. adj.

1. Giving rise or likely to give rise to controversy or public disagreement; subject to (heated) discussion or debate; contentious, questionable; disputed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective]

openlOE

doubtousc1330

uncertain1338

doubtyc1380

brigousa1387

doubtablec1400

doubtfula1425

questionable1443

batable1453

strivablec1456

inquirable1485

litigious1520

doubtsomea1522

disputable1548

dubious1548

doubted?1551

moot1563

problematical1567

discussiblea1578

debatable1581

controversial1583

disputativea1586

debateful1587

decidable1596

controversible1601

controvertible1601

controversal1604

controversable1607

problematic1609

controversary1610

left-handed1610

disputed1611

dubitable1625

quarrellable1642

catchinga1670

non liquet1678

brigose1679

contestable1702

equivocala1797

controversional1807

contradictable1856

discutable1868

hinky1961

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. P2^v Although it be controuersiall whether they bee things indifferente or not.

1601 R. Broughton Apologicall Epist. 21 Wee ordinarily defend the infallible definition of Popes in controuersiall questions of Religion.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. x. 211 The Priests..had a controversiall City appointed them..so that they must win it before they could wear it.

a1742 T. Story Jrnl. of Life (1747) 195 We would meet him and them in Conference, about this and other controversial Points.

1782 G. E. Howard Misc. Wks. I. Ep. Ded. sig. [b]iii^v The few controversial matters of Constitutional Policy.

1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 157 My opinion on this controversial point.

1840 Phrenol. Jrnl. 13 129 So far as we are entitled to judge the position of the medical profession on this still controversial ground, [etc.].

1925 E. A. Powell Map that is Half Unrolled xiii. 253 Whether quinine should be taken as a preventive of fever is one of those controversial questions.

1961 Observer 30 Apr. 13 (heading) More ‘guinea pigs’ to take part in testing the controversial oral contraceptive pill are wanted.

2014 Sci. Amer. Jan. 30/2 Any claim of an exomoon discovery would be controversial, not only because the work is difficult but also because the find potentially has profound implications.

2. Of, relating to, or of the nature of controversy or disputation; polemical.

ΚΠ

1604 W. Tooker Of Fabrique of Church 6 Readers in Diuinitie controuersiall, such as are in the Vniuersities.

1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 28 A Couplet in a Song gives a better Ragoust to a Controversial Discourse.

a1710 G. Bull Serm. (1713) I. 238 Polemical or controversial Divinity is..that part of Divinity which instructs and furnisheth a Man with necessary Weapons to defend the Truth against its Enemies.

1797 W. Wilberforce Relig. Syst. Professed Christians vi. 380 With his controversial pieces I am little acquainted; but his practical writings..are a treasury of Christian wisdom.

1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 32 His controversial writings.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 240 The general object of his writing was didactic rather than controversial.

1947 Radio Times 14 Mar. 1/1 Party political broadcasts of a controversial character are to be resumed.

2008 R. D. Duke in D. S. Dockery & R. D. Duke John A. Broadus iv. 90 In addition to this controversial mode, Broadus developed a controversial manner.

3. Engaging in or given to controversy; disputatious, argumentative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adjective]

controversious1548

argumentable1588

argumental1595

warlikea1603

controversary1610

polemic1614

polemical1615

eristical1624

controversal1634

eristic1637

controversial1638

argumentative1647

agonisticala1652

agonistic1656

disputatious1660

controvertistical1707

gladiatorial1813

conversional1861

voiceful1879

challengeful1903

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adjective] > engaging in controversy, disputatious

unpeaceablec1384

disputative1579

disputablea1616

disputeful1631

controversial1638

controversal1641

obstreperous1641

contradictive1643

disputing1645

controverting1646

chop-logicala1652

disputatious1660

argumentative1667

argumentive1668

disputant1671

contradictiousa1677

disceptatious1682

obstropolous1727

disceptatorial1821

contradictory1891

backtalking1938

1638 R. Brathwait Surv. Hist. 276 These are Controversiall Men, who rather than they will suffer the Church to be at Peace; will study new doubts to disturbe her quiet.

1643 T. Fuller Truth Maintained 78 Conceive me not to be of a brawling and controversiall disposition.

1659 O. Walker Περιαμμα Ἐπιδήμιον 112 I wish..that Controversiall Divines would cease to be stinging Satyrists.

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. iii. 319 That known Saying of a fam'd Controversial Divine of our Church against the Divines of another.

1786 W. Petty Let. 19 Dec. in R. Price Corr. (1994) III. 103 No Controversial Writer or Preacher should be allow'd to rise in the Church.

1807 G. Crabbe Library (rev. ed.) in Poems 147 But most she fears the controversial Pen.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 9 Each controversial man-at-arms.

1908 Inland Printer Feb. 712/1 If any of the other men is given to rebellious action or undue controversy, the rebellious or controversial man is the wrong kind of man to keep.

1997 D. Deacon Elsie Clews Parsons ix. 168 Although the editors sought out her clever, subtle reviews, it was as a controversial conversationalist that they most valued her.

B. n.

1. A controversial matter or argument. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > matter of controversy

causea1500

wrangle1579

vexed question1614

vexata quaestioa1634

controversial1653

battlefield1820

1653 C. Love Zealovs Christian taking Heaven 42 One that hath this heady violence is most busied with controversials and circumstantials in religion.

1658 T. Manton Pract. Comm. Jude 3 In controversials there is great use of writing, controversies not being so easily determined by the judgment of the ear as the eye.

1863 J. Price Old Price's Remains 88 Controversials were carefully avoided.

1940 Proc. 26th Meeting National Conf. Catholic Charities ii. 127 They [sc. practices] might be the old controversials, known so well to Catholic workers, such as birth control, or divorce.

2. With the. Controversial people or things as a class; that which is controversial.

ΚΠ

1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude xii. 233 What a pity it would be if controversy were abandoned to the weak or the controversial only.

1863 Jrnl. Mental Sci. Jan. 515 The expositional predominates over the controversial.

1909 W. H. Allen Civics & Health xix. 189 Where education is made compulsory, the unpleasant and the controversial should be kept out of school.

1959 M. Fiske Bk. Select. & Censorship iv. 63 There is little talk of avoiding the controversial, or even of being conservative.

2006 M. Beaumier I know you're out There 25 People shy away from the controversial, the incendiary, all the hot-button topics that make them unique but possibly unpopular.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	controversial
释义	controversialadj.n. Brit. /ˌkɒntrəˈvəːʃl/, U.S. /ˌkɑntrəˈvərsiəl/, /ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃ(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s–1600s controuersiall, 1600s contravertial, 1600s controuersial, 1600s controversiall, 1600s controvertial, 1600s– controversial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin controversialis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin controversialis subject to controversy (5th cent.) < classical Latin contrōversia controversy n. + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare Middle French controversiel subject to discussion or debate (c1480 in an apparently isolated attestation). Compare controversy n. A. adj. 1. Giving rise or likely to give rise to controversy or public disagreement; subject to (heated) discussion or debate; contentious, questionable; disputed. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] openlOE doubtousc1330 uncertain1338 doubtyc1380 brigousa1387 doubtablec1400 doubtfula1425 questionable1443 batable1453 strivablec1456 inquirable1485 litigious1520 doubtsomea1522 disputable1548 dubious1548 doubted?1551 moot1563 problematical1567 discussiblea1578 debatable1581 controversial1583 disputativea1586 debateful1587 decidable1596 controversible1601 controvertible1601 controversal1604 controversable1607 problematic1609 controversary1610 left-handed1610 disputed1611 dubitable1625 quarrellable1642 catchinga1670 non liquet1678 brigose1679 contestable1702 equivocala1797 controversional1807 contradictable1856 discutable1868 hinky1961 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. P2^v Although it be controuersiall whether they bee things indifferente or not. 1601 R. Broughton Apologicall Epist. 21 Wee ordinarily defend the infallible definition of Popes in controuersiall questions of Religion. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. x. 211 The Priests..had a controversiall City appointed them..so that they must win it before they could wear it. a1742 T. Story Jrnl. of Life (1747) 195 We would meet him and them in Conference, about this and other controversial Points. 1782 G. E. Howard Misc. Wks. I. Ep. Ded. sig. [b]iii^v The few controversial matters of Constitutional Policy. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 157 My opinion on this controversial point. 1840 Phrenol. Jrnl. 13 129 So far as we are entitled to judge the position of the medical profession on this still controversial ground, [etc.]. 1925 E. A. Powell Map that is Half Unrolled xiii. 253 Whether quinine should be taken as a preventive of fever is one of those controversial questions. 1961 Observer 30 Apr. 13 (heading) More ‘guinea pigs’ to take part in testing the controversial oral contraceptive pill are wanted. 2014 Sci. Amer. Jan. 30/2 Any claim of an exomoon discovery would be controversial, not only because the work is difficult but also because the find potentially has profound implications. 2. Of, relating to, or of the nature of controversy or disputation; polemical. ΚΠ 1604 W. Tooker Of Fabrique of Church 6 Readers in Diuinitie controuersiall, such as are in the Vniuersities. 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 28 A Couplet in a Song gives a better Ragoust to a Controversial Discourse. a1710 G. Bull Serm. (1713) I. 238 Polemical or controversial Divinity is..that part of Divinity which instructs and furnisheth a Man with necessary Weapons to defend the Truth against its Enemies. 1797 W. Wilberforce Relig. Syst. Professed Christians vi. 380 With his controversial pieces I am little acquainted; but his practical writings..are a treasury of Christian wisdom. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 32 His controversial writings. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 240 The general object of his writing was didactic rather than controversial. 1947 Radio Times 14 Mar. 1/1 Party political broadcasts of a controversial character are to be resumed. 2008 R. D. Duke in D. S. Dockery & R. D. Duke John A. Broadus iv. 90 In addition to this controversial mode, Broadus developed a controversial manner. 3. Engaging in or given to controversy; disputatious, argumentative. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adjective] controversious1548 argumentable1588 argumental1595 warlikea1603 controversary1610 polemic1614 polemical1615 eristical1624 controversal1634 eristic1637 controversial1638 argumentative1647 agonisticala1652 agonistic1656 disputatious1660 controvertistical1707 gladiatorial1813 conversional1861 voiceful1879 challengeful1903 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adjective] > engaging in controversy, disputatious unpeaceablec1384 disputative1579 disputablea1616 disputeful1631 controversial1638 controversal1641 obstreperous1641 contradictive1643 disputing1645 controverting1646 chop-logicala1652 disputatious1660 argumentative1667 argumentive1668 disputant1671 contradictiousa1677 disceptatious1682 obstropolous1727 disceptatorial1821 contradictory1891 backtalking1938 1638 R. Brathwait Surv. Hist. 276 These are Controversiall Men, who rather than they will suffer the Church to be at Peace; will study new doubts to disturbe her quiet. 1643 T. Fuller Truth Maintained 78 Conceive me not to be of a brawling and controversiall disposition. 1659 O. Walker Περιαμμα Ἐπιδήμιον 112 I wish..that Controversiall Divines would cease to be stinging Satyrists. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. iii. 319 That known Saying of a fam'd Controversial Divine of our Church against the Divines of another. 1786 W. Petty Let. 19 Dec. in R. Price Corr. (1994) III. 103 No Controversial Writer or Preacher should be allow'd to rise in the Church. 1807 G. Crabbe Library (rev. ed.) in Poems 147 But most she fears the controversial Pen. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 9 Each controversial man-at-arms. 1908 Inland Printer Feb. 712/1 If any of the other men is given to rebellious action or undue controversy, the rebellious or controversial man is the wrong kind of man to keep. 1997 D. Deacon Elsie Clews Parsons ix. 168 Although the editors sought out her clever, subtle reviews, it was as a controversial conversationalist that they most valued her. B. n. 1. A controversial matter or argument. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > matter of controversy causea1500 wrangle1579 vexed question1614 vexata quaestioa1634 controversial1653 battlefield1820 1653 C. Love Zealovs Christian taking Heaven 42 One that hath this heady violence is most busied with controversials and circumstantials in religion. 1658 T. Manton Pract. Comm. Jude 3 In controversials there is great use of writing, controversies not being so easily determined by the judgment of the ear as the eye. 1863 J. Price Old Price's Remains 88 Controversials were carefully avoided. 1940 Proc. 26th Meeting National Conf. Catholic Charities ii. 127 They [sc. practices] might be the old controversials, known so well to Catholic workers, such as birth control, or divorce. 2. With the. Controversial people or things as a class; that which is controversial. ΚΠ 1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude xii. 233 What a pity it would be if controversy were abandoned to the weak or the controversial only. 1863 Jrnl. Mental Sci. Jan. 515 The expositional predominates over the controversial. 1909 W. H. Allen Civics & Health xix. 189 Where education is made compulsory, the unpleasant and the controversial should be kept out of school. 1959 M. Fiske Bk. Select. & Censorship iv. 63 There is little talk of avoiding the controversial, or even of being conservative. 2006 M. Beaumier I know you're out There 25 People shy away from the controversial, the incendiary, all the hot-button topics that make them unique but possibly unpopular. 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