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controversialism

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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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