controversies
- 1Plural of controversy.
The candidate weathered a string of controversies during the campaign.
Scientific controversies are often resolved as new evidence accumulates.
Note
A regular -ies plural, formed the way nouns ending in a consonant plus -y usually form it: the y gives way to -ies. The plural belongs only to the countable use, where each controversy is a separate dispute, as in a string of controversies. The uncountable use, controversy as strife in general (the decision caused controversy), has no plural, so a writer describing a general climate of dispute keeps the singular.
controversies is a form of controversy
controversy, noun: A public dispute or debate between people holding strongly opposing opinions; more broadly, conflict or strife. Full entry
- Forms
- controversycontroversies plural
- Spelling
- controversy → controversies: change y to i, add -es
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