to arouse controversy

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• arouse controversy — cause disagreement, stir up contention …   English contemporary dictionary

• controversy — con|tro|ver|sy [ˈkɔntrəvə:si, kənˈtrɔvəsi US ˈka:ntrəvə:rsi] n plural controversies [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: controversia, from controversus disagreed about , from contro against + versus turned ] a serious argument about… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• controversy — n. 1) to arouse, cause, fuel, stirrup (a) controversy 2) to settle a controversy 3) a bitter, furious, heated, lively controversy 4) a controversy about, over 5) a controversy between, with * * * [ kɒntrəvɜːsɪ] cause fuel …   Combinatory dictionary

• controversy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, major ▪ bitter, fierce (esp. BrE), heated, intense, raging ▪ g …   Collocations dictionary

• arouse — verb Arouse is used with these nouns as the object: ↑anger, ↑animosity, ↑antagonism, ↑anxiety, ↑concern, ↑conscience, ↑controversy, ↑curiosity, ↑desire, ↑emotion, ↑enthusiasm, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• stir controversy — arouse dispute, incite argument …   English contemporary dictionary

• MAIMONIDEAN CONTROVERSY — MAIMONIDEAN CONTROVERSY, a vast complex of disputed cultural, religious, and social problems, focusing around several central themes. Some of the elements of this controversy considerably antedate maimonides (1135–1204); and of the questions… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Jansenism — Jansenism: Cornelius Jansen (1585–1638), professor at the Old University of Louvain. Jansenism was a Christian theological movement, primarily in France, that emphasized original sin, human depravity, the necessity of di …   Wikipedia

• FESTIVALS — (Heb. חַג, hag; מוֹעֵד, mo ed; or יוֹם טוֹב, yom tov). Introduction The root of חַג is חָגֹג ḥagog, to celebrate, or possibly חוּג ḥug, to go round. It is related to the Arabic ḥajja which means to go on a pilgrimage from which comes ḥajj, the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• ḤAYON, NEHEMIAH ḤIYYA BEN MOSES — (c. 1655–c. 1730), kabbalist with Shabbatean tendencies. Because of the bitter dispute which centered around Ḥayon, the information about his life is full of contradictions and must be sifted critically. His ancestors came from Sarajevo, Bosnia.… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Industrial Review — ▪ 1994 Introduction       The period since 1990 was proving a difficult time for the older industrialized economies, which had suffered from prolonged recession at home, and also for the previously centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe… …   Universalium