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hot-button issue
(redirected from Politicized issue)

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Noun1.hot-button issue - an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions
gut issue
issue - an important question that is in dispute and must be settled; "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss the real issues"
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