Meaning of noncontroversy | Babel Free
Definitions
- Lack of controversy.
- Something that is not controversial, especially one that someone is trying to make seem like a controversy.
Examples
“Therefore, to tread the line between quality on the one hand and noncontroversy on the other is to tread a very thin line.”
“In case the public was not ready for this indictment of the United States presence, the narrative style at least bred familiarity and noncontroversy.”
“We wanted a religion of peace and serenity and noncontroversy and refuge from the world.”
“One might ask⟳ Father Greeley to explain⟳ to those whose intellectual freedom has been limited in the name⟳ of orthodoxy, how they were involved in a "noncontroversy."”
“I see⟳ this as a noncontroversy. I think⟳ that the issue⟳ here is the variation in inherited degree of susceptibility, and I think⟳ that would be accepted by both of you.”
“We can easily imagine⟳ how Hunter would have⟳ described people like⟳ Mitt Romney (I'm guessing he would have⟳ reached for "depraved scumsucking whore" pretty early in his coverage) and Rick Santorum ("screeching rectum-faced celibate"?) and all you have⟳ to do is look⟳ at his write-up of the Eagleton affair to see⟳ how this writer would have⟳ responded to whatever manufactured noncontroversy of the Bill Ayers/Reverend Wright genus ends up rocking the 2012 election season.”
“We have⟳ already seen one such noncontroversy in the form⟳ of the pseudodebate about Lyme disease.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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