Controverted

Word CONTROVERTED
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Definitions and meanings of "Controverted"

What do we mean by controverted?

To dispute, to argue about (something).

To argue against (something or someone); to contradict, to deny.

To be involved or engaged in controversy; to argue.

An assertion that is open to contradiction. A scientific proposition that is falsifiable. Not incontrovertible, obviously. Urban Dictionary

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The word "controverted" in example sentences

Christianity is "controverted" by the disciples of Hume. ❋ Egerton Ryerson (1842)

He then proceeds to reckon up five others, not in our canon, which he calls in one place spurious, in another controverted, meaning, as appears to me, nearly the same thing by these two words. ❋ William Paley (1774)

"controverted;" and indeed there is not a single doctrine of ❋ Egerton Ryerson (1842)

Dr. Nelson Glueck, one of the most renowned archaeologists to have worked in Israel, writes, The Bible is definitely not primarily a chronicle of history … however, it may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a Biblical reference. ❋ Ben Hobrink (2011)

Responsibility for the death of Jesus, a hotly controverted question, was critical for the purposes of Stephen Adly Guirgis's play on Judas. ❋ S.J. Rev. James Martin (2011)

It may be controverted by the prosecutor, and must be expounded by the court. ❋ Unknown (2008)

To subject the press to the restrictive power of a licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since the Revolution, is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices of one man, and make him the arbitrary and infallible judge of all controverted points in learning, religion and government. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She DIDN'T DO HOMEWORK reading the Intelligence Report on her desk before VOTING TO INITIATE WAR IN IRAQ (rather than focus on Afghanistan), she IGNORED ECONOMISTS and BRIDGE SAFETY concerns (I-35 bridge collapse in Minnesota) with her GAS TAX HOLIDAY and she wants to INITIATE WAR WITH THE DNC to count the results of controverted elections 'that she said did not count! ❋ Unknown (2008)

Hillary RENEGES on her previous agreement that these primaries were improper and controverted and that they would not count. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She lied about Bosnia, about her WHite House "experience" and now, the Loser is reneging on her Agreement that Florida's and Michigan's controverted illegal primaries would not count. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The past years, months and days have provided a surfeit of truly tragic evidence that cannot be controverted that what it takes to be a Republican, including being a Republican voter, is a complete deficit of moral integrity, an absence of even rudimentary human decency, and an oversupply of rudeness, bigotry, and self-delusion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And again that is all under the ridiculous and directly controverted assumption that the tax reduction would trickle down to the price at the pump. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Their decision to make use of the saving of others, to divert their own present earnings directly into production, or to prevent further investment in their particular field frequently cannot successfully be controverted. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ever since the Saddleback Church debate during the 2008 campaign, Obama has steadfastly declined to address the moral argument at the heart of the Catholic Church's teaching on the life issues, preferring instead to speak of different "beliefs" or different "views" on these deeply controverted questions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And where the President would throw a tantrum if controverted on anything. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What a [lame] idea. It was so [controvertible] my three-year old sister could have shot [holes] in it. ❋ IMillie (2012)

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