I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted.
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Controvert
Synonyms for "controvert" (135 found)
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Strong matches (41)
Verb(4 words)
Related words (67)
finishfloorforsweargainsaygo intohandleimpugninvestigatejoin issue uponjuxtapose in oppositionknock aroundnegatenonplusnot acceptnot admitnullifyoffsetopposeoppugnoverthrow
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overturnoverwhelmparrypass under reviewplay at cross-purposesput to silencequestionrapreasonreason aboutreason the pointrebutrecantreduce to silencerefuse to admitrefuterejectrenouncerepudiateretractreviewrevokerun counter toset offsettleshut upsiftsilencesmash all oppositionsquashsquelchstudysubverttake backtake issue withtake uptalktalk abouttalk oftalk overthresh outtraversetreatundermineupsetventilate
Verb(1 words)
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4 entriesCollocations
5 entriescontrovert a claimcontrovert a hypothesiscontrovert an assumptioncontrovert the evidencecontrovert the proposition
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
7 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- оспорвам verb (dispute or argue using reason)
- споря verb (dispute or argue using reason)
Catalan
1 entries- controvertir verb (dispute or argue using reason)
French
1 entries- controverser verb (dispute or argue using reason)
Romanian
3 entries- contrazice verb (dispute or argue using reason)
- nega verb (dispute or argue using reason)
- tăgădui verb (dispute or argue using reason)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
[T]hat women from their education and the present state of civilized life, are in the same condition, cannot, I think, be controverted.
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