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incontrovertible - (adjective) pronunciation: \in-kahn-truh-VER-tuh-bul\ : not open to question : indisputable MY EXAMPLE: Its an incontrovertible fact that Katie Kirchharr is awesome. Its not even up for debate! EXAMPLES (from Merriam-Webster): The manager presented the clerks time card as incontrovertible evidence that the employee had been late for work all five days the previous week. No matter where you are on the political spectrum, the midterm elections produced one incontrovertible fact—there are more women in Congress than ever before. — Editorial Board, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 16, 2014 DID YOU KNOW? If something is indisputable, its incontrovertible. But if it is open to question, is it controvertible? It sure is. The antonyms controvertible and incontrovertible are both derivatives of the verb controvert (meaning to dispute or oppose by reasoning), which is itself a spin-off of controversy. And what is the source of all of these controversial terms? The Latin adjective controversus, which literally means turned against.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 07:52:47 +0000

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