cybercontroversy

noun

A controversy on the Internet or in cyberspace.

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Meanings

nouncybercontroversy (countable and uncountable, plural cybercontroversies)

plural cybercontroversies

  1. countabledatedrareuncountableA controversy on the Internet or in cyberspace.

    In its latest cybercontroversy, the heavy-metal band Metallica apologized for asking several bloggers to remove their online reviews of its untitled coming record, The Guardian of London reported.

    2008 June 14, “Metallica Says It’s Sorry”, in New York Times

Origin

From cyber- + controversy.

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APA

cybercontroversy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybercontroversy

MLA

“cybercontroversy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybercontroversy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cybercontroversy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cybercontroversy.

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