Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teach the controversy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables: teach the -con-tro-ver-sy
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To teach that life forms may have been created (almost) in their current form by a sentient being in a manner consistent with Christian dogmata, rather than as a result of ordinary evolution, and that the theory of evolution is controversial.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Recent developments in some of the states suggest that all public high school biology teachers may soon have to prepare themselves - whether they like it or not - to teach the controversy."
"Senator Rick Santorum is a Pennsylvanian in the same circles (author of the ' Santorum Language' that encourages schools to teach the controversy) ..."
"To the extent that ID is a religious idea, and teaching the controversy is not about teaching a real scientific controversy, there are significant endorsement problems ."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

teaches the controversy (present, singular) teaching the controversy (participle, present) taught the controversy (participle, past) taught the controversy (past)

Questions

What does teach the controversy mean?: To teach that life forms may have been created (almost) in their current form by a sentient being in a manner consistent with Christian dogmata, rather than as a result of ordinary evolution, and that the theory of evolution is controversial.

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