Definition of controversy

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Controversy (n.) Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference.

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Terminate :: Terminate (v. t.) To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy..
Controverse :: Controverse (n.) Controversy.
Quinquarticular :: Quinquarticular (a.) Relating to the five articles or points; as, the quinquarticular controversy between Arminians and Calvinists..
Polemics :: Polemics (n.) The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy..
Syncretistic :: Syncretist (n.) an adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant sects with each other and with the Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the Lutheran church..
Oppose :: Oppose (v. i.) To make objection or opposition in controversy.
Prolific :: Prolific (a.) Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil..
Polemic :: Polemic (n.) A polemic argument or controversy.
Controversy :: Controversy (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.
Predestinarian :: Predestinarian (a.) Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy..
Controversialist :: Controversialist (n.) One who carries on a controversy; a disputant.
Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy.
Arbitration :: Arbitration (n.) The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons..
Arbitrator :: Arbitrator (n.) A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. See Arbitration..
Sequester :: Sequester (n.) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or referee.
Clincher :: Clincher (n.) That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.
Controversion :: Controversion (n.) Act of controverting; controversy.
Part :: Part (n.) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.
Uncontroversory :: Uncontroversory (a.) Not involving controversy.
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