n. 1 dispute, debate, contention, argument, argumentation, disputation, wrangling, confrontation, questioning, disagreement The inquest went ahead without controversy 2 argument, dispute, disagreement, quarrel; squabble, tiff, Colloq spat Controversy still rages over the theory of natural selection
CONTROVERSY
Meaning of CONTROVERSY in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012