controversy

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controversy is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation[change]

Noun[change]

Singular
controversy

Plural
controversies

  1. When there is a controversy about something, people don't agree about it and there is a lot of talking about it.
    There's a controversy about whether cars should be allowed to drive in this part of the city.
    Newspapers love to write about controversies.