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Examples of controvert
controvert
This sentence is so ludicrous that it is difficult for me to controvert with you.
From the economist.com
Given the large size of these new studies, however, some experts doubt that future research will controvert them.
From the time.com
Indeed, replications that confirm previous results typically get less attention than those that controvert them.
From the economix.blogs.nytimes.com
It seemed as if his first instinct on hearing a proposition was to controvert it, so impatient was he of the limitations of our daily thought.
From the theatlantic.com
Adi Shankara held discourses and debates with the leading scholars of all these sects and schools of philosophy to controvert their doctrines.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Oppose: be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"
- Refute: prove to be false or incorrect
- Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of opinion. ...
- To dispute or argue using reason; To be involved or engaged in controversy
- To contest, deny, or take issue with.
