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单词 controversion
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controversionn.

Brit. /ˌkɒntrə(ʊ)ˈvəːʃn/, U.S. /ˌkɑntrəˈvərʒ(ə)n/
Forms: 1500s controuersion, 1600s– controversion.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French controversion; Latin controversion-, controversio.
Etymology: < (i) Middle French controversion controversy, quarrel (14th cent.), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin controversion-, controversio argument, dispute, dissent (from 11th cent. in British sources (also as contraversio ); from 13th cent. in continental sources) < classical Latin contrōversus (see controversed adj.) + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare earlier controversy n.
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.
b. A controversy, a dispute. Obsolete.
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.
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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).
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