controversial
AdjectiveUS[kon-truh-vur-shuhl]/ˌkɑntrəˈvɝʃəl/4 syllables
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Adjective (1)
- 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”Opposite noncontroversialSimilar polemic, disputed, contentious, arguable
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Con′tro·ver′sial adjective
Origin: Cf. LL. controversialis.
Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity.
Whole libraries of controversial books.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54