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[ kon-truh -vur -shuh l ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌkɒn trəˈvɜr ʃəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
subject to controversy; debatable: a controversial decision.
given to controversy; argumentative; disputatious: a controversial public figure.
Origin of controversial 1575–85; <Late Latin contrōversiālis, equivalent to Latin contrōversi (a ) controversy + -ālis -al1
SYNONYMS FOR controversial 2 arguable, questionable.
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OTHER WORDS FROM controversial con·tro·ver·sial·ism, noun con·tro·ver·sial·ist, noun con·tro·ver·sial·ly, adverb non·con·tro·ver·sial, adjective
non·con·tro·ver·sial·ly, adverb pre·con·tro·ver·sial, adjective un·con·tro·ver·sial, adjective un·con·tro·ver·sial·ly, adverb
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Example sentences from the Web for controversial That is why The Daily Beast stands with Charlie Hebdo and published their controversial covers in the wake of the attack.
Why We Stand With Charlie Hebdo—And You Should Too | John Avlon| January 8, 2015| DAILY BEAST
While this deferred action is controversial in the United States, in Mexico, what Obama did is universally popular.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting | Ruben Navarrette Jr.| January 6, 2015| DAILY BEAST
The Eighty-ninth Congress was potentially more fertile ground for the broad range of controversial programs on his dream agenda.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society | Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch| January 4, 2015| DAILY BEAST
Zufi understands that his work can be controversial to many within his community.
Can Hip-Hop Prevent Honor Killings? | Moral Courage| December 30, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The claim is one of a series of allegations made in a controversial documentary that the BBC has now pulled.
Pulled Documentary Says William Felt ‘Used’ by Charles’ Push for Camilla | Tom Sykes| December 30, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But it is not our purpose to discuss these questions in any controversial spirit.
The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 2 | G. T. Stokes
Much less, of course, can we undertake to enter into these controversial points.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm Wundt
Nor is Oxford without a controversial prologue to the story of its printing.
A History of the Cambridge University Press | S. C. Roberts
Many of these questions have not yet passed the controversial stage; out of these will emerge the astronomy of the future.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) | J. Arthur Thomson
This dissuasion only whetted the controversial appetite, and off set Philip with his Polyglot Bible under his arm.
Perlycross | R. D. Blackmore
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Words related to controversial questionable, contentious, dubious, disputed, arguable, argumentative, disputable, disputatious, doubtful, litigious, moot, suspect, uncertain, dubitable, polemical, contended, contestable, controvertible, doubtable, in dispute