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controversial

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con·tro·ver·sial  (kntr-vûrshl, -s-l)
adj.
1. Of, producing, or marked by controversy: a controversial movie; a controversial stand on human rights.
2. Fond of controversy; disputatious.

contro·versial·ist n.
contro·versi·ali·ty (-sh-l-t, -s-) n.
contro·versial·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.controversial - marked by or capable of arousing controversy; "the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial"; "Rushdie's controversial book"; "a controversial decision on affirmative action"
noncontroversial, uncontroversial - not likely to arouse controversy

controversial
adjective disputed, contended, contentious, at issue, debatable, polemic, under discussion, open to question, disputable
Translations
controversial [kɔntrəˈvəːʃl] adjpolémico
controversial [kɔntrəˈvəːʃl] adjdiscutable, controversé(e)
controversial [kɔntrəˈvəːʃl] adjumstritten, kontrovers
controversial [kɔntrəˈvəːʃl] adjcontroverso/a, polemico/a


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van der Luyden were so exactly alike that Archer often wondered how, after forty years of the closest conjugality, two such merged identities ever separated themselves enough for anything as controversial as a talking-over.
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Out of the confused and bitter strife of churches and parties, while the outcome was still uncertain, issued a great mass of controversial writing which does not belong to literature.
 
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