Editing Controversy (section)

{{Short description|State of prolonged public dispute or debate}}
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[[File:Carl Schleicher Eine Streitfrage aus dem Talmud.jpg|thumb|A scene of [[Rabbi|rabbis]] 
 in debate in [[Carl Schleicher]]'s painting ''A controversy from the Talmud'', 19th century]]
'''Controversy''' ({{IPA-cen|UK|k|ə|n|ˈ|t|r|ɒ|v|ə|r|s|i}}, {{IPA-cen|US|ˈ|k|ɒ|n|t|r|ə|v|ɜː|r|s|i}})<ref>{{cite LPD|3}}</ref><ref>{{cite EPD|18}}</ref> is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of conflicting [[opinion]] or point of view. The word was coined from the [[Latin]] ''[[controversia]]'', as a composite of ''controversus'' – "turned in an opposite direction", and also means an exercise in [[rhetoric]] practiced in Rome.