scientific controversy

collocation in English

meaningsofscientificandcontroversy

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scientific
adjective
uk
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/us
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/
relating to science, or using the organized methods ...
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controversy
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.trə.vɜː.si/us
/ˈkɑːn.trə.vɝː.si/
a lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to ...
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(Definition ofscientificandcontroversyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The impact is the revision of the boundary lines ofscientificcontroversyand the further specification of its fine-structure.
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These are the areas that are subject toscientificcontroversy.
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Recategorization of priority conflicts has an impact on our view ofscientificcontroversygenerally.
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I therefore understand "scientificcontroversy" as a promising exchange of arguments over a scientific disagreement that cannot be readily resolved by the means at hand.
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Their book is meticulously researched and well written, and will attract those geologists interested in the history of ideas and the dynamics ofscientificcontroversy.
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On the other hand, as priority disputes constitute a particular form ofscientificcontroversy, they make up a particular form of class struggle.
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This might tell us something, not only about the excluded category, but about the whole class:scientificcontroversyin general.
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The class forces fundamentally involved in ascientificcontroversyare research teams, even if it is their respective heads (bearers of the relation of ownership) who play the preponderant role.
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There has been a lot ofscientificcontroversyabout fluoride.
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Here, again, we could be involved inscientificcontroversy.
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If scientists are acknowledging "legitimatescientificcontroversy" about the issue, how can it be right to impose it on people?
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If ascientificcontroversyexists, it would be over-optimistic to expect the general public to endorse the use of such methods.
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Until high quality studies are undertaken providing more definitive evidence, there will continue to be legitimatescientificcontroversyover the likely effects and costs of water fluoridation.
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This subject has been the subject ofscientificcontroversyfor decades.
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He thought that this residue of unexplained reports indicated a legitimatescientificcontroversy.
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Natural genetic engineering has been cited as a legitimatescientificcontroversy(in contrast to the controversies raised by various branches of creationism).
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There is noscientificcontroversyabout these facts.
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These events are the subject of muchscientificcontroversy.
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Critics contend that intelligent design proponents ignore this point by continuing to make the claim of ascientificcontroversy.
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