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pseudo-controversy

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Something falsely presented as a controversy.

Examples

“gradualism: The doctrine that evolutionary change⟳ is gradual and does not go in jumps. In modern palaeontology it is the subject of an interesting controversy over whether the gaps in the fossil record⟳ are artefactual or real (see⟳ Chapter 6). Journalists have⟳ blown this up into a pseudo-controversy over the validity of Darwinism, which they say⟳ is a gradualist theory. […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

pseudo-coordination pseudo-counterexample pseudo-Cushing's syndrome pseudo-democracy pseudo-directory pseudo-discipline

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