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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง “controversial” = “kon-truh-VUR-shuh l”

ออกเสียง “contentious” = “kuh n-TEN-shuh s”

ออกเสียง “convey” = “kuh n-VEY”

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Controversial is used to describe someone or something

that causes people to get upset and argue.

Controversial is the adjective form of the noun controversy,

which is a prolonged dispute, debate, or state of contention,

especially one that unfolds in public

and involves a stark difference of opinion.

Things commonly called controversial

include topics, actions, and people

(particularly for what they say and do).

Example: Questions about the candidate’s controversial remarks from the past prevented him from talking about his campaign.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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The News On 'Nontroversy'

Nontroversy (also hyphenated non-troversy)

is a word brought up on social media, in journalism,

and in other public forums

because some people tend to make a big deal about little things,

like not tucking in your shirt when participating in a professional golf tournament

or dancing in celebration during an NFL game that you won, that simply aren't a big deal to most people.

Nontroversy is a blend of the negative prefix non-

and the word controversy—in other words,

it negates the existence of a controversy.

It's most often used to refer to a media story

that is related to some hot-button topic meant to spark controversy,

but which in actuality is perceived by the masses as insignificant

or false sensationalism and is quickly forgotten or dismissed.

The word controversy is an etymologicalnontroversy:

it entered Middle English with the spelling controversie

in the 14th century, via Anglo-French,

and is ultimately from Latin controversus, meaning "disputable"

and, literally, "turned against."

The Latin root is a compound of contro-

(akin to the prefix contra-, meaning "against")

and versus, the past participle of vertere, meaning "to turn."

Controversy, which denotes disputation, contention, and debate,

is the oldest in its word family.

Originally, it referred to arguments or disputes over legal rights or claims.

By the 15th century, it turned to arguments concerning differences of opposing personal opinions.

Today, such controversies are conducted publicly in the media and at length.

One relative of controversy is the now-archaic verb controverse,

which was given voice in the 15th century.

Initially, it meant "to fight or contend."

By the mid-16th century, it came to refer to the act of stirring up controversy, debate, discussion, argument, etc.—and then faded out.

Controverse was also used as a synonym of controversy throughout the 16th to the 18th century.

Disagreements, arguments, and discussions producingcontroversy

began being described as "controversial" by the latter half of the 16th century,

which is rather surprising since the noun controversy goes back to the 1300s.

Controversal as an adjective has also appeared in English almost as long as controversial, but etymologists view it as a typographical error.

Controversy has always been sensational—and, at times, pointless.

In the 18th century, the phrase "to draw the saw of controversy" was used to express that point.

Influenced by the back-and-forth motion in the sawing of wood, it means "to keep up a pointless dispute."

Nontroversy is the "coolest" (insofar as words can be cool)

of the family's heated lexical line, and it is of fairly recent formation.

Maybe we'll see more nontroversies and non-controversialist

than controversies and controversialists in a utopian future.

Until then, at least we have a word for such people and things.

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions

อธิบายว่าใช้ คุณศัพท์ “controversial” กับ หัวข้อ หรือ เรื่องราว (subject/topic)

ที่เป็น “debatable”= “โต้แย้งได้” หรือ “ยังเป็นที่ถกเถึยง”

หรือ “arguable”= “ถกเถียงได้”

หรือ “disputable”= “ที่โต้แย้งได้” หรือ “ที่ถกเถียงได้”

และใช้ คุณศัพท์ “contentious” กับ บุคคลหนึ่ง (an individual)

ที่ “quarrelsome”= “ชอบหาเรื่อง” “พาล”

หรือ “argumentative”= “ที่ชอบโต้เถียง”

คำที่สามารถใช้ ร่วมกับ “contentious” เช่น

“contentious issue/area/subject” เช่น

‘The most contentious issue in the early days of the second session was the collegiality of bishops.’

‘One particularly contentious area in the field of health and safety is the valuation of human life itself.’

‘Abortion has always been a contentious subject.’

วลี ‘convey back’ เป็นการใช้ที่ ฟุ่มเฟือย ไม่จำเป็นต้องเสริมด้วย “back”

ในเมื่อ “convey” หมายถึง “การนำ จากที่หนึ่งไปยังอีกที่หนึ่ง”