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Plural of controversy

regular plural

The plural of controversy is controversies.

Forms of controversy

Singularcontroversy /kənˈtɹɒv.ə.si/
Pluralcontroversies /ˈkɒn.tɹəˌvɜːsiz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Controversies in a sentence

  • Professional biking is plagued with controversies over drug use.From the entry biking
  • Controversies about his past loutishness should not be dispositive when deciding whether he should be confirmed.2025 January 24, George F. Will, “There are ample reasons, not about his personal life, for rejecting Hegseth. Opinion”, in Washington Post. From the entry dispositive
  • The disciplinary context in which Assimilation Theory developed confronted controversies around the notion of roteness in education.2007, Allan M. Konrad, On Inquiry: Human Concept Formation and Construction of Meaning through Library and Information Science…. From the entry roteness
  • As a matter of fact, it was national or transpartisan policy and stood outside daily political controversies.1989, Hans Daalder, Galen A Irwin, Politics in the Netherlands: How Much Change?. From the entry transpartisan
  • In the thick of the railway controversies of his day, Francis naturally had his prejudices.1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800. From the entry dislike

Meaning of controversy

  1. noun A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.

Full definition of controversy

Questions about the plural of controversy

What is the plural of controversy?
The plural of controversy is controversies.
Is controversy countable?
Controversy is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: controversy (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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