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Meaning of "controversialism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTROVERSIALISM

controversialism  [ˌkɒntrəˈvɜːʃ əlˌɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTROVERSIALISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Controversialism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONTROVERSIALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of controversialism in the English dictionary

The definition of controversialism in the dictionary is a controversial attitude or doctrine.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTROVERSIALISM


ableism
ˈeɪbəlˌɪzəm
chloralism
ˈklɔːrəlˌɪzəm
connubialism
kəˈnjuːbɪəlˌɪzəm
ecumenicalism
ˌiːkjʊˈmenɪkəlˌɪzəm
elementalism
ˌɛlɪˈmɛntəlˌɪzəm
fallibilism
ˈfælɪbəlˌɪzəm
labialism
ˈleɪbɪəlˌɪzəm
mongrelism
ˈmʌŋɡrəlˌɪzəm
multilateralism
ˌmʌltɪˈlætərəlˌɪzəm
municipalism
mjuːˈnɪsɪpəlˌɪzəm
novelism
ˈnɒvəlˌɪzəm
officialism
əˈfɪʃəlˌɪzəm
oralism
ˈɔːrəlˌɪzəm
Pantagruelism
ˌpæntəˈɡruːəlˌɪzəm
pastoralism
ˈpɑːstərəlˌɪzəm
possibilism
ˈpɒsɪbəlˌɪzəm
scripturalism
ˈskrɪptʃərəlˌɪzəm
survivalism
səˈvaɪvəlˌɪzəm
theatricalism
θɪˈætrɪkəlˌɪzəm
ultraliberalism
ˌʌltrəˈlɪbərəlˌɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTROVERSIALISM

controlled
controlled drug
controlled explosion
controller
controllership
controlling
controlling interest
controlment
controls
controverse
controversial
controversialist
controversially
controversies
controversy
controvert
controverter
controvertible
controvertibly
controvertist

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTROVERSIALISM

brutalism
capitalism
citizen journalism
colonialism
formalism
imperialism
individualism
journalism
liberalism
literalism
materialism
metabolism
minimalism
nationalism
Orientalism
photojournalism
professionalism
realism
socialism
surrealism
vandalism

Synonyms and antonyms of controversialism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «controversialism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTROVERSIALISM

Find out the translation of controversialism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of controversialism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «controversialism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

controversialism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

controversialism
570 millions of speakers

English

controversialism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

controversialism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

controversialism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

controversialism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

controversialism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

controversialism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

controversialism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kontroversi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

controversialism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

controversialism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

controversialism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kontroversialisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

controversialism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

controversialism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वादग्रस्तता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

controversialism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

controversialism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

controversialism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

controversialism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

controversialism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

controversialism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

controversialism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

controversialism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

controversialism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of controversialism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTROVERSIALISM»

The term «controversialism» is used very little and occupies the 159.440 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTROVERSIALISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «controversialism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «controversialism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about controversialism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTROVERSIALISM»

Discover the use of controversialism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to controversialism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American ...
In many minds the name of Huxley has for its most prominent association controversialism; and though his constructive work was far more important, there is no denying that he spent no small part of his time and energy in fighting, and that he ...
Charles Wells Moulton, 1910
2
The Mercersburg Review
The unhappy sacramental controversy between Luther and Zwingli and their respective friends already indicated a tendency to intcllectualism and doctrinalism, and this tendency grew stronger and stronger, until ansrrv controversialism and ...
German Reformed Church in the United States, 1869
3
The Reformed Church Review ...
... Protestant Christendom may be attributed partly to the undue exaltation given to them by the Council of Trent, and partly to the narrow and mechanical conception of inspiration, which was the product of Protestant dogmatic controversialism.
4
A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence: ...
Legal positivists regard such derivations as problematic. The basis from which normativity is derived—objective morality—is also regarded as problematic. 4.5.2 . The Controversialism ofStrong Moral Theories Strong theories of natural law are  ...
Hubert Rottleuthner, Roger A. Shiner, Aleksander Peczenik, 2007
5
Hindu-Muslim Relations in British India: A Study of ...
Muslim members feared that it did not go far enough to stop attacks against the Prophet and saw the shuddhi movement as responsible for the rise in extreme forms of controversialism. Pragmatists predicted that the amendment would prove  ...
Gene R. Thursby, 1975
6
Religion and Public Life in the Southern Crossroads: ...
Arguably, J. R. Graves embodied this southwestern spirit of controversialism and influenced the region more than any other figure. Of course, Graves needed worthy opponents, and found them mostly in the followers of John Wesley, ...
William D. Lindsey, Mark Silk, 2005
7
Loyalism and the Formation of the British World, 1775-1880
63 Ian Ross Robertson, 'Party Politics and Religious Controversialism in Prince Edward Island from 1860 to 1863',Acadiensis 7 (1978), 29–59. 64 Debates of the Legislature ofPrince Edward Island, 1861, especially 28 February, 1, 7, 9, ...
Allan Blackstock, Frank O'Gorman, 2014
8
Science and Social Inequality: Feminist and Postcolonial Issues
One possibility is that its controversialism itself is a symptom of its desirably innovative features,and in particular of the way it refuses to engage in a number of traditional debates,instead bypassing them to negotiate conceptual and practical ...
Sandra Harding, 2006
9
Mary at the Foot of the Cross - III: Mother of Unity
If Our Lady at the foot of the Cross was seen as the antidote to controversialism, the antidote to activism is surely Our Lady at the culmination of her 'pondering these things in her heart', that is, waiting in the Upper Room with the apostles for  ...
‎2003
10
Information Technology and Organizational Transformation: ...
The amateur political talk sometimes aggregates within more organized sites of controversialism, often around minor political parties, cult followings, and activist groups—sometimes mediated through the identity of celebrity talk figures.
JoAnne Yates, John Van Maanen, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTROVERSIALISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term controversialism is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Guillaume Tell opera rape outcry is over offence to music, not women
... the widow of the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, the “link to the great 20th century tradition of controversialism”. Parsveer, incredibly (well ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Top Gear: Chris Evans is the real deal
... that misbehaviour was the real thing, not DJ-zaniness, not establishment-baiting, not headline-seeking faux-controversialism, but madness. «The Australian, Jun 15»
3
What Does a Catholic Robinson Crusoe Look Like?
This is Victorian anti-Protestant controversialism of a surprisingly high order. Anderdon grasps the Puritan center of Robinson Crusoe and ... «Aleteia EN, May 15»
4
Don't Blame the Media, Malcolm: part 2
The fact that he made this request on The Bolt Report, Australia's home of Fox News-style controversialism, may be viewed by some as ironic, ... «The Conversation AU, May 15»
5
Bafta TV awards 2015: what should win best documentary?
It's both a surprise and a relief to note the absence of Benefits Street from this line-up – welcome proof that wilful controversialism doesn't equal ... «The Guardian, May 15»
6
Padraig Reidy: Imagine being Katie Hopkins
Bracing? Sure. But humanising, too. As satire should be and controversialism never is. This column was posted on 30 April 2015 at indexoncensorship.org. «Index On Censorship, Apr 15»
7
Council drops prayer from municipal meetings
"We try to keep as neutral as it can be, it can make reference to God, but ... it's not one that was ever intended to incite controversialism," she ... «Fort McMurray Today, Apr 15»
8
Dani Garavelli: Martin Amis' trolling sets us back
There is a place for controversialism – the mooting of provocative ideas to stimulate debate – but, in a society where rape convictions are still ... «Scotsman, Mar 14»
9
The Virtues of the Table: How to Eat and Think by Julian Baggini …
Baggini likes to set up debate with a soft controversialism: "At the moment, the commonest and laziest moral heuristic around food is that small, ... «The Guardian, Jan 14»
10
Why Channel 4's plan to air the daily Muslim call to prayer during …
It prefers gestures and controversialism — witness its decision to give air-time to Anjem Choudary, former head of the banned Islamist ... «Daily Mail, Jul 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Controversialism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/controversialism>. Apr 2024 ».
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