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Meaning of pseudo-controversy | Babel Free

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.

See also

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