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controversial - 3 dictionary results

con⋅tro⋅ver⋅sial

  [kon-truh-vur-shuhl]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of controversy; polemical: a controversial book.
2. subject to controversy; debatable: a controversial decision.
3. given to controversy; disputatious.
Origin:
1575–85; < LL contrōversiālis, equiv. to L contrōversi(a) controversy + -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
con⋅tro⋅ver⋅sial⋅ism, noun
con⋅tro⋅ver⋅sial⋅ist, noun
con⋅tro⋅ver⋅sial⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. arguable, questionable.
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con·tro·ver·sial   (kŏn'trə-vûr'shəl, -sē-əl)   
adj.  
  1. Of, producing, or marked by controversy: a controversial movie; a controversial stand on human rights.
  2. Fond of controversy; disputatious.
con'tro·ver'sial·ist n., con'tro·ver'si·al'i·ty (-shē-āl'ĭ-tē, -sē-) n., con'tro·ver'sial·ly adv.
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Controversial

Con`tro*ver"sial\, a. [Cf. LL. controversialis.] Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity.

Whole libraries of controversial books. --Macaulay.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : controversial
Spanish: controvertido, polémico,
German: umstritten,
Japanese: 議論のある
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