# controversy

Pronunciation: US say "KON-truh-vur-see" /ˈkɑn.tɹəˌvɝ.si/; UK say "kuhn-TROV-uh-see" /kənˈtɹɒv.ə.si/

## Noun

1. A public dispute or debate between people holding strongly opposing opinions; more broadly, conflict or strife.
   - Simple: Strong disagreement between people who hold very different opinions about something.
   - _The scientist's claims sparked considerable controversy among her peers._
   - _Years of controversy surrounded the museum's decision to return the artifacts._

## Origin

This word comes from Latin contrōversia ("debate, contention, controversy"), from contrōversus ("turned in an opposite direction"), passing through Old French controversie and Middle English controversie into English.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/controversy (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).