Antonyms for controversy

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kon-truh-vur-see; British also kuhn-trov-er-see

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒn trəˌvɜr si; British also kənˈtrɒv ər si

Definition of controversy

Origin : late 14c., from Old French controversie or directly from Latin controversia, from controversus "turned in an opposite direction, disputed, turned against," from contra- "against" (see contra) + versus (see verse).

noun debate, dispute

Example sentences :

These stables had been a subject of controversy for some time.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

The copies of Hearts of Controversy were lying where he had left them on the previous night.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

A month after his return to London, Hearts of Controversy was published.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

The origin of these turf monuments is still a matter of controversy.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

The field of controversy will never be won by their molecular "Hessians."
Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright

The controversy on the question has been long and at times violent.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

And Huxley, in controversy, was no more kind to my sacra than to other people's.
Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

The history of that controversy has been brilliantly told by Hazlitt.
Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford

I have so often come to them from the heat and turmoil of controversy.
Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby

The other women agreed with him, and snubbed the ignoramus, who retired from the controversy.
Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael

Synonyms for controversy

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