controversyn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒntrəvəːsi/,

/kənˈtrɒvəsi/, U.S.

/ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi/

Forms: Middle English contrauercye, Middle English contrauersi, Middle English contraverse, Middle English contreuercie, Middle English 1600s contraversy, Middle English 1600s contraversye, Middle English 1600s–1700s contraversie, Middle English–1500s contrauersie, Middle English–1500s contrauersy, Middle English–1500s contrauersye, Middle English–1600s controuersye, Middle English–1600s controversye, Middle English–1600s controuersie, Middle English–1700s controversie, 1500s controuercy, 1500s controversi, 1500s–1600s controuersy, 1500s– controversy; Scottish pre-1700 contrauerse, pre-1700 contrauersie, pre-1700 contrauersy, pre-1700 contraverse, pre-1700 contraversie, pre-1700 contraversy, pre-1700 contrawersey, pre-1700 controuersie, pre-1700 controuersy, pre-1700 controverse, pre-1700 controwersie, pre-1700 1700s– controversy.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French controversie; Latin contrōversia.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman contraversie, Anglo-Norman and Middle French controversie, Middle French contreversie, controvercie strife, discord (1236 in Old French as controversie ; French †controversie , obsolete after the first half of the 17th cent.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin contrōversia (also contrāversia) action of arguing or disputing, instance of this, hypothetical case debated in schools of rhetoric, debate of this type < contrōversus controversial, disputed (see controversed adj.) + -ia -y suffix³. Compare later controverse n.Compare Spanish controversia (late 14th cent.), Italian controversia (c1300). In French the usual word is now controverse (1285 in Old French). Some Middle English and Older Scots examples in -e (e.g. contraverse, controverse, etc.) may alternatively show controverse n. Pronunciation. In British usage, the position of the main stress varies between the first and the second syllable; in U.S. usage, it is always on the first syllable. N.E.D. (1893) and early editions of D. Jones Eng. Pronouncing Dict. give only first-syllable stress; later editions of Jones give second-syllable stress as a variant from at least ed. 8 (1947). J. C. Wells Longman Pronunc. Dict. (1990) noted that while among RP speakers the first-syllable stress probably still predominated, a majority of British speakers now favoured second-syllable stress.

†1.

a. Argument or contention between parties, esp. over a right, claim, etc.; strife, discord. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun]

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. vi. 16 The ende of al her controuersye [L. controversiae], or debate, is an ooth to confermacioun.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. l. 2263 (MED) The contrauersie, Cyuile discordes, froward dyuysioun.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxxiii Contrauersy and varyaunce began to a ryse a monge y^e personys assygned for the. iii Astatys.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. v. f. 27 He..made hym a Iudge in causes of controuersie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 111 The Torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it..stemming it with hearts of Controuersie .

a1644 T. Roe Jrnl. in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. (1704) (modernized text) I. 698/1 Much controversy was about searching my servants, but at length they pass'd free to the city.

1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 75 The Carthaginians enjoying the Dominion of the Sea without controversie.

b. A dispute or quarrel between parties, esp. over a right, claim, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > a quarrel

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1448 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 132 (MED) Debates, contraversies, and discordes moved and hadde bytwyne the parties.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes (1937) i. xx. 71 Fyndyng alwayes som controuersies that nede not, But onely for to passe tyme.

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) vii. l. 904 Betweyn þaim caussit was contrauersyis.

1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 11 Variaunces and contraversies..bytwene the seid parties.

1587 J. White in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) iii. 768 At this time some controuersies rose betweene the Gouernour, and Assistants.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V ii. iv. 109 Husbands, fathers, and distressed louers, Which shall be swallowed in this controuersie.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 18 A perpetual War and Controversie in the World..betwixt these two Parties or Sects of men.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. vi. ix. 287 Controversies, that arise among the lower Orders of the English Gentry, at Horse-races, Cock matches, and other public Places.

1759 R. Jackson Hist. Rev. Pennsylvania 70 The whole of this Provincial Controversy, which, at several Reprisals, lasted till Gookin was superseded.

1845 A. Polson in Encycl. Metrop. 797 In criminal controversies.

1914 L. A. Emery Concerning Justice vii. 111 It is an axiom that neither party to a controversy should be the judge in the matter.

a. An argument or dispute on a matter of opinion; a (typically heated) discussion involving contrary opinions; esp. one conducted publicly (as in the press) and at length.

ΘΚΠ

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

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c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 16 (MED) A grete contrauersy bitwix these foure douȝters of oure lorde.

c1458 in H. Anstey Epistolae Academicae Oxon. (1898) II. 343 (MED) Diverse disssencyons and contraversyes..have be latte hadd and meved be twene þe seyd Chawnselere and scolars..and þe sayd meyre.

?1527 T. Feylde (title) Here begynneth..the contrauerse [?1532 contrauersye] bytwene a louer and a iaye.

1536 R. Taverner tr. P. Melanchthon Apol. sig. H.vii, in Confessyon Fayth Germaynes This is the principal poynt to be iudged in this controuersy.

1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 11 It were more fruteful for us..to handle sum sad & witti controversi.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. to Rdr. sig. B2 Lest the authoritie of the Scriptures for deciding of controuersies..should somewhat be shaken.

1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos iii. 47 That inconclusible Controversie, and endlesse Entercourse, which I see I. O. and others are there engaged in.

1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous iii. 164 The Controversy about Matter..lies altogether between you and the Philosophers.

1783 Ld. Hailes Disquis. Antiq. Christian Church iv. 141 Perhaps, the author had no farther view, than to state the Academical verisimilitudes on each side of the controversy.

1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 100 The great controversy respecting the ‘Origin of Evil’.

1889 Athenæum 2 Feb. 152/3 The problem of external perception has a unique character among the controversies that divide the empiricists and the apriorists.

1929 Sci. Monthly Mar. 217/1 There has been a controversy among voice teachers as to the merits of a pulsating voice.

2013 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 7 Mar. 8/2 There are related controversies over anti-smoking initiatives.

b. Argument or contention on a matter of opinion; (typically heated) discussion or debate in which opposite views are advanced and maintained by opponents, esp. when conducted publicly (as in the press) and at length.

ΚΠ

?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 101 (MED) To ses ȝour contraversy.

a1556 T. Cranmer Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1487/1 It was agreed by bothe withoute controuersie (not one saieng contrarye) that, [etc.].

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxix. 242 There is no place left of doubt or controuersie.

1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 2 To be tost and turmoild with their unballasted wits in fadomles and unquiet deeps of controversie.

1650 T. Hobbes Humane Nature xiii. 159 The signes of two opinions contradictory one to another, namely, Affirmation and Negation of the same thing, is called Controversie.

1742 J. Wesley Princ. Methodist To Rdr. This is the first time I have appeared in Controversy, properly so call'd.

1781 S. Johnson Swift in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VIII. 26 He was now immerging into political controversy.

1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 57 Might put an end to religious controversy.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost vi. 150 This text has been the subject of endless controversy.

1913 E. Wharton Let. 24 Aug. (1988) 308 I tell him his biographers will trace throughout northern Germany a legend of his dog-devotion which will cause weeks of controversy in the Times!

1982 Observer 28 Mar. (Sport section) 7/1 He's courted controversy throughout his career.

2010 D. Blockley Bridges v. 183 There is still controversy over the details of what caused the final catastrophic vibrations.

†3. Difference of opinion, disagreement; an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > dissent or disagreement > [noun]

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c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 342 (MED) Bitwixe the Apostlis and hem wexid distaunce and contrauersie.

?a1450 ( J. Lydgate Serpent of Division (McClean) (1911) 59 (MED) The Romeynes, stondynge in grete contreuercie amonge hemselfe to whiche partie þei schulde drawe.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 19 Thys thyng..semyth to be a controversy..betwyx arystolytyl & plato.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 30 Thus master lup the thyng dyversly consyderyd makyth betwyx us to apper controversy.

1612 tr. I. Casaubon Answere Epist. Peron 4 As concerning the name of Christian, there is no strife, no controuersie betwixt you and him.

Phrases

P1. in (also at) controversy [compare classical Latin in contrōversiā] : subject to, or taking part in, controversy; in dispute.Now chiefly in legal contexts.

ΘΚΠ

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

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c1432 in W. T. Barbour Hist. Contract in Early Eng. Equity (1914) 191 (MED) Þe seid Sir William and Robert ben in controversie be bille here in this place.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxiij The common people (who euer beare the burden, when princes be at controuersie).

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. viii. f. 40 The matter is yet in controuersie.

1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. §1 The facultie or power of pronouncing sentence betweene persons at controversie.

1649 tr. J. Böhme Mercurius Teutonicus 13 Where the great confusions, entanglements, and contentions shall be; when as the Nations shall stand in Controversie.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xv. 78 They that are at controversie, submit their Right to the judgement of an Arbitrator.

a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) I. 195 And Amhiniogev were such men as had their Lands mearing on the Lands that were in controversy.

1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. vi. 300 To be embroiled in controversy.

1807 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 31/1 I shall say nothing of what is in controversy between him and Mr. Churton.

1827 Edinb. Jrnl. Sci. Oct. 298 It would be possible to decide the matter at controversy, by starting from a point, at which both parties were agreed.

1902 Southwestern Reporter 67 923/2 The land in controversy appeared on the rendered rolls for 1879.

1982 A. K. Wigdor & W. R. Garner Ability Testing I. 1 The Committee was particularly concerned in its study to clarify the issues at controversy.

2004 L. H. Gold Sexual Harassment vi. 105 A plaintiff's mental condition is in controversy when the plaintiff claims to have suffered a specific psychiatric disorder.

P2. without (also beyond, †out of) controversy [compare classical Latin sine contrōversia] : without or beyond dispute, question, or doubt.

ΚΠ

c1475 Mankind (1969) l. 842 (MED) Trowthe may not so cruelly procede in hys streyt argument But þat Mercy schall rewle þe mater wythowte contrauersye.

1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes 218 He without al doubt or controuersy, was very Emperor of al Britayn.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius ii. f. 136^v It is out of all controversie that Adam..was endued with wonderfull and absolute freedome of will.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. to Rdr. sig. A5^v S. Hierome..the best linguist without controuersie, of his age.

1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 8 That it should be plain, healthfull, and moderat I suppose is out of controversie.

1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana i. v. 40 Until they have evinced beyond controversie, that Nature doth not endure any Emptiness.

1745 Gentleman's Mag. July 341/2 That every man..grows rich by the war, may be proved beyond controversy.

1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. xiii. 442 Vitelli, who was, without controversy, the ablest and most experienced general.

1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 89 This case was considered to have fixed, beyond controversy, the rule of law upon this subject.

1907 Texas Court Reporter 17 471 The evidence shows, without controversy, that appellant and his companion obtained some $76.

2003 Independent 27 Aug. (Review section) 21/5 What is beyond controversy is Kissinger's capacity for inspiring loathing.

P3. to draw the saw of controversy: see saw n.¹ 1b.

Compounds

† controversy logic n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1659 T. White (title) Controversy-logicke.

1672 H. Dodwell Two Lett. Advice ii. vii. 208 For Controversie Logick I mention nothing.

† controversy-writer n. Obsolete (historical in later use)

ΚΠ

1606 R. Parsons Answere 5th Pt. Rep. Cooke Index sig. Ccc2^v/1 His condemnation of controuersy-wryters.

a1691 Bp. T. Barlow Let. in Genuine Remains (1693) 159 Their School-men, Casuists, and Controversy-Writers have so mix'd Aristotle's Philosophy, with their Divinity.

1910 Catholic Encycl. VII. 155/2 He removed to London, probably on his appointment as controversy-writer.

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

单词	controversy
释义	controversyn. Brit. /ˈkɒntrəvəːsi/, /kənˈtrɒvəsi/, U.S. /ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi/ Forms: Middle English contrauercye, Middle English contrauersi, Middle English contraverse, Middle English contreuercie, Middle English 1600s contraversy, Middle English 1600s contraversye, Middle English 1600s–1700s contraversie, Middle English–1500s contrauersie, Middle English–1500s contrauersy, Middle English–1500s contrauersye, Middle English–1600s controuersye, Middle English–1600s controversye, Middle English–1600s controuersie, Middle English–1700s controversie, 1500s controuercy, 1500s controversi, 1500s–1600s controuersy, 1500s– controversy; Scottish pre-1700 contrauerse, pre-1700 contrauersie, pre-1700 contrauersy, pre-1700 contraverse, pre-1700 contraversie, pre-1700 contraversy, pre-1700 contrawersey, pre-1700 controuersie, pre-1700 controuersy, pre-1700 controverse, pre-1700 controwersie, pre-1700 1700s– controversy. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French controversie; Latin contrōversia. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman contraversie, Anglo-Norman and Middle French controversie, Middle French contreversie, controvercie strife, discord (1236 in Old French as controversie ; French †controversie , obsolete after the first half of the 17th cent.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin contrōversia (also contrāversia) action of arguing or disputing, instance of this, hypothetical case debated in schools of rhetoric, debate of this type < contrōversus controversial, disputed (see controversed adj.) + -ia -y suffix³. Compare later controverse n.Compare Spanish controversia (late 14th cent.), Italian controversia (c1300). In French the usual word is now controverse (1285 in Old French). Some Middle English and Older Scots examples in -e (e.g. contraverse, controverse, etc.) may alternatively show controverse n. Pronunciation. In British usage, the position of the main stress varies between the first and the second syllable; in U.S. usage, it is always on the first syllable. N.E.D. (1893) and early editions of D. Jones Eng. Pronouncing Dict. give only first-syllable stress; later editions of Jones give second-syllable stress as a variant from at least ed. 8 (1947). J. C. Wells Longman Pronunc. Dict. (1990) noted that while among RP speakers the first-syllable stress probably still predominated, a majority of British speakers now favoured second-syllable stress. †1. a. Argument or contention between parties, esp. over a right, claim, etc.; strife, discord. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] sakea1000 chestc1000 pleac1275 threapa1300 noisec1300 checkc1330 debate1340 chopping1377 controversyc1384 briguea1398 tuilyieing1444 quarrellingc1460 lite1493 frayinga1500 falling out1539 square1545 overthwarting1552 mutiny1567 squaring1579 debatement1590 swaggeringa1596 quarrel1605 simultation1605 warbling1632 barrating1635 throwing1897 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. vi. 16 The ende of al her controuersye [L. controversiae], or debate, is an ooth to confermacioun. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. l. 2263 (MED) The contrauersie, Cyuile discordes, froward dyuysioun. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxxiii Contrauersy and varyaunce began to a ryse a monge y^e personys assygned for the. iii Astatys. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. v. f. 27 He..made hym a Iudge in causes of controuersie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 111 The Torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it..stemming it with hearts of Controuersie . View more context for this quotation a1644 T. Roe Jrnl. in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. (1704) (modernized text) I. 698/1 Much controversy was about searching my servants, but at length they pass'd free to the city. 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 75 The Carthaginians enjoying the Dominion of the Sea without controversie. b. A dispute or quarrel between parties, esp. over a right, claim, etc. 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 1448 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 132 (MED) Debates, contraversies, and discordes moved and hadde bytwyne the parties. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes (1937) i. xx. 71 Fyndyng alwayes som controuersies that nede not, But onely for to passe tyme. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) vii. l. 904 Betweyn þaim caussit was contrauersyis. 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 11 Variaunces and contraversies..bytwene the seid parties. 1587 J. White in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) iii. 768 At this time some controuersies rose betweene the Gouernour, and Assistants. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V ii. iv. 109 Husbands, fathers, and distressed louers, Which shall be swallowed in this controuersie. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 18 A perpetual War and Controversie in the World..betwixt these two Parties or Sects of men. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. vi. ix. 287 Controversies, that arise among the lower Orders of the English Gentry, at Horse-races, Cock matches, and other public Places. View more context for this quotation 1759 R. Jackson Hist. Rev. Pennsylvania 70 The whole of this Provincial Controversy, which, at several Reprisals, lasted till Gookin was superseded. 1845 A. Polson in Encycl. Metrop. 797 In criminal controversies. 1914 L. A. Emery Concerning Justice vii. 111 It is an axiom that neither party to a controversy should be the judge in the matter. 2. a. An argument or dispute on a matter of opinion; a (typically heated) discussion involving contrary opinions; esp. one conducted publicly (as in the press) and at length. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > instance of flitec1000 plead1379 traverse1415 controversyc1430 disputation1557 tilt1567 wrangle1579 controverse1596 velitation1607 dispute1611 rixation1623 polemic1626 fireball1638 polemy1642 risse1684 polemical1808 spar1836 row1879 set-to1898 cag1916 barge1934 yike1976 stand-up2005 c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 16 (MED) A grete contrauersy bitwix these foure douȝters of oure lorde. c1458 in H. Anstey Epistolae Academicae Oxon. (1898) II. 343 (MED) Diverse disssencyons and contraversyes..have be latte hadd and meved be twene þe seyd Chawnselere and scolars..and þe sayd meyre. ?1527 T. Feylde (title) Here begynneth..the contrauerse [?1532 contrauersye] bytwene a louer and a iaye. 1536 R. Taverner tr. P. Melanchthon Apol. sig. H.vii, in Confessyon Fayth Germaynes This is the principal poynt to be iudged in this controuersy. 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 11 It were more fruteful for us..to handle sum sad & witti controversi. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. to Rdr. sig. B2 Lest the authoritie of the Scriptures for deciding of controuersies..should somewhat be shaken. 1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos iii. 47 That inconclusible Controversie, and endlesse Entercourse, which I see I. O. and others are there engaged in. 1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous iii. 164 The Controversy about Matter..lies altogether between you and the Philosophers. 1783 Ld. Hailes Disquis. Antiq. Christian Church iv. 141 Perhaps, the author had no farther view, than to state the Academical verisimilitudes on each side of the controversy. 1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 100 The great controversy respecting the ‘Origin of Evil’. 1889 Athenæum 2 Feb. 152/3 The problem of external perception has a unique character among the controversies that divide the empiricists and the apriorists. 1929 Sci. Monthly Mar. 217/1 There has been a controversy among voice teachers as to the merits of a pulsating voice. 2013 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 7 Mar. 8/2 There are related controversies over anti-smoking initiatives. b. Argument or contention on a matter of opinion; (typically heated) discussion or debate in which opposite views are advanced and maintained by opponents, esp. when conducted publicly (as in the press) and at length. ΚΠ ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 101 (MED) To ses ȝour contraversy. a1556 T. Cranmer Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1487/1 It was agreed by bothe withoute controuersie (not one saieng contrarye) that, [etc.]. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxix. 242 There is no place left of doubt or controuersie. 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 2 To be tost and turmoild with their unballasted wits in fadomles and unquiet deeps of controversie. 1650 T. Hobbes Humane Nature xiii. 159 The signes of two opinions contradictory one to another, namely, Affirmation and Negation of the same thing, is called Controversie. 1742 J. Wesley Princ. Methodist To Rdr. This is the first time I have appeared in Controversy, properly so call'd. 1781 S. Johnson Swift in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VIII. 26 He was now immerging into political controversy. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 57 Might put an end to religious controversy. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost vi. 150 This text has been the subject of endless controversy. 1913 E. Wharton Let. 24 Aug. (1988) 308 I tell him his biographers will trace throughout northern Germany a legend of his dog-devotion which will cause weeks of controversy in the Times! 1982 Observer 28 Mar. (Sport section) 7/1 He's courted controversy throughout his career. 2010 D. Blockley Bridges v. 183 There is still controversy over the details of what caused the final catastrophic vibrations. †3. Difference of opinion, disagreement; an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > dissent or disagreement > [noun] discordc1230 dissensionc1384 controversyc1449 disaccord1449 abitiona1500 disagreement1501 dissenting1593 disopinion1598 divarication1646 dissentiency1647 disconsent1651 dissent1651 dissidency1670 dissentmenta1699 dissidence1775 dissentience1864 otherwise-mindedness1865 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 342 (MED) Bitwixe the Apostlis and hem wexid distaunce and contrauersie. ?a1450 ( J. Lydgate Serpent of Division (McClean) (1911) 59 (MED) The Romeynes, stondynge in grete contreuercie amonge hemselfe to whiche partie þei schulde drawe. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 19 Thys thyng..semyth to be a controversy..betwyx arystolytyl & plato. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 30 Thus master lup the thyng dyversly consyderyd makyth betwyx us to apper controversy. 1612 tr. I. Casaubon Answere Epist. Peron 4 As concerning the name of Christian, there is no strife, no controuersie betwixt you and him. Phrases P1. in (also at) controversy [compare classical Latin in contrōversiā] : subject to, or taking part in, controversy; in dispute.Now chiefly in legal contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] pleac1275 distancec1325 stance14.. in controversyc1432 disceptation1447 disputation1489 disception1492 concertation1509 controversity1528 contending1561 fending and proving1583 digladiation?1591 bandying1599 contestation1602 controverting1610 wrangling1612 contesting1616 rixation1623 contestion1632 controversarya1635 contest1642 vitilitigation1647 ergoteering1687 sparring1755 hash1789 controversying1865 argle-bargle1872 wringle-wrangle1882 argy-bargy1887 polemicizing1948 va-et-vient1959 c1432 in W. T. Barbour Hist. Contract in Early Eng. Equity (1914) 191 (MED) Þe seid Sir William and Robert ben in controversie be bille here in this place. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxiij The common people (who euer beare the burden, when princes be at controuersie). 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. viii. f. 40 The matter is yet in controuersie. 1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. §1 The facultie or power of pronouncing sentence betweene persons at controversie. 1649 tr. J. Böhme Mercurius Teutonicus 13 Where the great confusions, entanglements, and contentions shall be; when as the Nations shall stand in Controversie. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xv. 78 They that are at controversie, submit their Right to the judgement of an Arbitrator. a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) I. 195 And Amhiniogev were such men as had their Lands mearing on the Lands that were in controversy. 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. vi. 300 To be embroiled in controversy. 1807 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 31/1 I shall say nothing of what is in controversy between him and Mr. Churton. 1827 Edinb. Jrnl. Sci. Oct. 298 It would be possible to decide the matter at controversy, by starting from a point, at which both parties were agreed. 1902 Southwestern Reporter 67 923/2 The land in controversy appeared on the rendered rolls for 1879. 1982 A. K. Wigdor & W. R. Garner Ability Testing I. 1 The Committee was particularly concerned in its study to clarify the issues at controversy. 2004 L. H. Gold Sexual Harassment vi. 105 A plaintiff's mental condition is in controversy when the plaintiff claims to have suffered a specific psychiatric disorder. P2. without (also beyond, †out of) controversy [compare classical Latin sine contrōversia] : without or beyond dispute, question, or doubt. ΚΠ c1475 Mankind (1969) l. 842 (MED) Trowthe may not so cruelly procede in hys streyt argument But þat Mercy schall rewle þe mater wythowte contrauersye. 1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes 218 He without al doubt or controuersy, was very Emperor of al Britayn. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius ii. f. 136^v It is out of all controversie that Adam..was endued with wonderfull and absolute freedome of will. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. to Rdr. sig. A5^v S. Hierome..the best linguist without controuersie, of his age. 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 8 That it should be plain, healthfull, and moderat I suppose is out of controversie. 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana i. v. 40 Until they have evinced beyond controversie, that Nature doth not endure any Emptiness. 1745 Gentleman's Mag. July 341/2 That every man..grows rich by the war, may be proved beyond controversy. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. xiii. 442 Vitelli, who was, without controversy, the ablest and most experienced general. 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 89 This case was considered to have fixed, beyond controversy, the rule of law upon this subject. 1907 Texas Court Reporter 17 471 The evidence shows, without controversy, that appellant and his companion obtained some $76. 2003 Independent 27 Aug. (Review section) 21/5 What is beyond controversy is Kissinger's capacity for inspiring loathing. P3. to draw the saw of controversy: see saw n.¹ 1b. Compounds † controversy logic n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1659 T. White (title) Controversy-logicke. 1672 H. Dodwell Two Lett. Advice ii. vii. 208 For Controversie Logick I mention nothing. † controversy-writer n. Obsolete (historical in later use) ΚΠ 1606 R. Parsons Answere 5th Pt. Rep. Cooke Index sig. Ccc2^v/1 His condemnation of controuersy-wryters. a1691 Bp. T. Barlow Let. in Genuine Remains (1693) 159 Their School-men, Casuists, and Controversy-Writers have so mix'd Aristotle's Philosophy, with their Divinity. 1910 Catholic Encycl. VII. 155/2 He removed to London, probably on his appointment as controversy-writer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). controversyv. Brit. /ˈkɒntrəvəːsi/, /kənˈtrɒvəsi/, U.S. /ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: controversy n. Etymology: < controversy n. Compare earlier controverse v., controvert v.With the variation of the stress position in the pronunciation, compare discussion at controversy n.; N.E.D. (1893) gives the stress on the first syllable. Now rare. transitive. To make the subject of controversy; to discuss, debate, argue about. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > argue about, dispute [verb (transitive)] > make subject of argument controvert1563 controverse1567 controversy1593 1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 108 More controversied than the other two. 1606 T. Whetenhall Disc. Abuses 5 These pointes of religion now controversied among vs. 1637 T. Heywood True Descr. Royall Ship 33 His sacred Maiesty, claiming this unquestionable Title from Him..and this claime being this thousand and odd yeares not any way controversied. 1753 W. Shirley Let. 27 Apr. in J. P. Baxter Documentary Hist. Maine (1908) XII. 208 The Affair of the Townships controversied between the Province & Colony of Connecticut. 1968 Jrnl. Analyt. Psychol. 13 25 It is controversied how far these changes in intuition under LSD represent unreality and how far they represent a truer perception of the world as it is. Derivatives ˈcontroversying n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] pleac1275 distancec1325 stance14.. in controversyc1432 disceptation1447 disputation1489 disception1492 concertation1509 controversity1528 contending1561 fending and proving1583 digladiation?1591 bandying1599 contestation1602 controverting1610 wrangling1612 contesting1616 rixation1623 contestion1632 controversarya1635 contest1642 vitilitigation1647 ergoteering1687 sparring1755 hash1789 controversying1865 argle-bargle1872 wringle-wrangle1882 argy-bargy1887 polemicizing1948 va-et-vient1959 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. x. 243 About which there has been such commentating and controversying. 1936 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Sept. 30/1 Two schools of thought were involved, and the actual controversying was carried on by my father and mother. 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