单词 | controversion |
释义 | controversionn. 1. a. The action of controvert v.; disputation, argument; opposition to or contradiction of a claim or assertion; engagement in controversy. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > speaking against or contradiction > [noun] withsaying?c1225 withsawa1250 gain-sawa1300 withsayc1315 again-sayingc1350 contradictionc1382 again-sawa1400 contraryinga1450 against-sayingc1450 againsay1484 saying-againa1500 controversion1548 countersaying1581 gain-speaking1583 contradict1606 obloquity1624 counter-speech1647 contrariation1651 crossing1692 1548 Copie Lettre sent to Preachers sig. A.vi Wee praie you..in no case to entermeddle..with matters in contencion, or controuersion. 1658 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Life King Charles 595 I am the more curious in the controversion of this Accident, to relate the Narrative, and leave the Censure to the Readers impartiality. 1776 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (rev. ed.) IV. 111 I have proofs beyond controversion. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Nov. 2/3 Allow me space for a few words in controversion of your statement. 1922 Michigan Technic Mar. 13/1 Further controversion was futile. 2007 M. Ipgrave in N. Ghanea et al. Does God believe in Human Rights? 59 Legal provision in this area will have to be carefully drafted and sensibly implemented to allow for such controversion to continue. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > a quarrel controversy1448 tencion?1473 brulyie1531 pique1532 feudc1565 quarrel1566 jar1583 controverse1596 brack1600 outcast1620 rixation1623 controversarya1635 simultya1637 outfall1647 outfallingc1650 controversion1658 démêlé1661 embroilment1667 strut1677 risse1684 rubber1688 fray1702 brulyiement1718 fallout1725 tossa1732 embroil1742 ding-dong?1760 pilget1777 fratch1805 spar1836 splutter1838 bust-up1842 whid1847 chip1854 kass-kass1873 wap1887 run-in1894 go-round1898 blue1943 hassle1945 square-up?1949 ruck1958 1658 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Life King Charles 415 It seems from all the Controversions, to be thus concluded, that [etc.]. 1677 Spottiswood's Hist. Church Scotl. (ed. 4) ii. 47 They..did..work them..to remit the decision of the controversion [1655 controversie] to King Edward . 1761 H. Brooke Tryal Cause Rom. Catholicks 33 Any Controversion or Doubts that may arise. 2. The action of turning in the opposite direction (literal and figurative); an instance of this; = contraversion n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [noun] > changing to face different direction or turning > to opposite direction inverting1573 reverse1589 round turn1611 reversal1648 controversion1684 contraversion1706 volte-face1819 turnabout1833 about-turn1912 U-turn1915 about-face1930 U1971 heel turn1983 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 53 Controversion..in Wheeling is performed by the Front of the Squadron, so that whilst the Rank makes the Motion, the File remains. 1781 tr. J. Böhme Way to Christ iv. 92 in Wks. IV Nothing can vex him [sc. the Devil] worse than..a silent Abstraction of Soul, and Controversion thereof to the Point of Rest from all that is worldly. 1795 R. Anderson Wks. Brit. Poets VII. 569/1 The second stanza was called the Antistrophé, from the controversion of the chorus; the fingers..turning from the left hand to the right, contrary to their motion in the strophé. 1860 A. L. Windsor Ethica vii. 339 A similar fundamental controversion in ethics seems to have taken place in Greece to that which took place in Italy in Macchiavelli's time. 1922 Open Court Nov. 683 Dealing with relations external to this proper domain..is, nothing but a postponement and evasion (if not a traitorous controversion) of the immediate responsibility. 1996 Performing Arts Jrnl. 18 78/2 Clay figurines that—in their whimsical humor, devotion to play, and sly controversion of social mores—evince a dada-surrealist spirit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548 |
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