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Controvert

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To raise arguments against; voice opposition to.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To dispute or argue using reason.

v. To be involved or engaged in controversy.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To dispute; oppose by argument; contend against in discussion; deny and attempt to disprove or confute: as, to controvert opinions or principles; to controvert the justness of a conclusion.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. prove to be false or incorrect

v. be resistant to

Word Usage

"The only way that societies can fight the Jihadist menace succesfully is by proposing their own ideological or religious answers that controvert Jihadism on its own ground."

Verb Form

controverted controverting controverts

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

confute disprove

Form

controverted controverting

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

contest debate dispute contradict