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单词 controversial
释义 con·tro·ver·sial
\|kän.trə|vər]shəl, -və̄], -vəi], ]sēəl also ]shēəl\ adjective
Etymology: Late Latin controversialis, from Latin controversia controversy + -ialis -ial
1. : subject to controversy : relating to or arousing controversy : being an object of controversy
 < a controversial figure in public life >
 < the matter is … highly controversial and calculated to provoke violent dissent in many quarters — Times Literary Supplement >
2. : given to controversy : engaging in controversy : disputatious, polemic
 < dogmatic treatises commonly were controversial …, directed against pagans or Jews, or Gnostics or Manicheans — H.O.Taylor >
con·tro·ver·sial·ism \-əˌlizəm\ noun -s
con·tro·ver·sial·ly \-əlē, -li\ adverb
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