nontroversy
nontroversy noun: a supposed controversy that does not exist or is of little importance.
Noun
nontroversy (plural nontroversies)
- A supposed controversy that does not exist or is of little importance.
- It is a terrible shame that the media only helps to covers this up "as a national security measure," while they serve us a diet of needless sporting events and contrived international political situations, >nontroversies< designed to distract even the most brilliant humans into complete and total...1995 February 11, Rev. Ivan Stang, “FIST:Rev-X Outs:Silent Radio”, in alt.slack (Usenet), retrieved 10 Dec 2016, message-ID <i.stang-1002952302170001@net40.metronet.com>
- You gotta be fuckin' kidding me. I never had a doubt in my mind that the audience was applauding for the song and not the political statement (it _was_ at the _end_ of the song, recall). Seems like a complete nontroversy to me. Furthermore, the remark is decidedly _not_ anti-abortion!1997 June 29, David F Lynch, “Yellow Shark controversy”, in alt.fan.frank-zappa (Usenet), retrieved 10 Dec 2016, message-ID <867610590.22815@dejanews.com>
- Synonyms:
- manufactroversy
Examples of nontroversy in a sentence
- Until and unless, at least, some other nontroversy pops up.2009, Phil Plait, “Bad Astronomy”, in Discover Magazine:
- However, an analysis of the data leads us to a different conclusion: the rivalry between London and Paris is largely a false debate, a “nontroversy”, for three main reasons.2024 November, Guillaume Cerutti, “Paris vs London, a nontroversy”, in The Art Newspaper, number 372, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 45:
Synonyms of nontroversy
Forms of nontroversy
| plural | nontroversies |
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Origin of nontroversy
Blend of non- + controversy.
Questions about nontroversy
- What does nontroversy mean?
- Nontroversy means a supposed controversy that does not exist or is of little importance.
- How do you use nontroversy in a sentence?
- Until and unless, at least, some other nontroversy pops up.
- What part of speech is nontroversy?
- Nontroversy is a noun.
- What is the plural of nontroversy?
- The plural of nontroversy is nontroversies.
Words near nontroversy in the dictionary
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