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Definition of controversial in English: controversialadjective kɒntrəˈvəːʃ(ə)l Giving rise or likely to give rise to controversy or public disagreement. years of wrangling over a controversial bypass Example sentencesExamples - The debate over the use of cannabis in medicine is controversial and emotive.
- This year he also implemented a controversial policy of free school meals for all city children.
- Pay hikes awarded to council bosses mirror the highly controversial rises in council tax.
- A public inquiry will rule on a controversial plan to site a wind farm on moors north of Bury.
- Proving their controversial claim will be difficult for the two sisters, however.
- If an issue is controversial, relevant opinions as well as facts may need to be considered.
- She will be asked to find a solution over the controversial issue of a ban on hunting with dogs.
- The bid to put up the mast comes a week before a public meeting is to be held to discuss the controversial plan.
- It will be interesting to see whether this starts a spate of controversial videos in the next few months.
- Under the controversial plan all regiments would have at least two battalions.
- Now they have reversed the controversial decision after pressure from swimmers.
- He hardly ever seems to make his mind up about anything and he hates saying anything controversial.
- The event comes to the York area at a time when the issue of waste in the city was never more controversial.
- Ian Waugh looks at the rise of one of the country's most controversial political figures.
- Anthony is a controversial figure and has a habit of saying things just to drum up a bit of publicity.
- The project has become highly controversial due to the history and sensitivity of the site.
- Tackling these big and controversial issues early in the third term would make sense.
- He was one of the most controversial figures in colonial religious and political history.
- It will now have to look at it again, but the controversial issue will first be debated at full Council.
- Over recent days the controversial issue of the politics of aid has begun to emerge.
Synonyms contentious, disputed, contended, at issue, moot, disputable, debatable, arguable, vexed, open to discussion/question, under discussion tendentious emotive, sensitive, delicate, difficult, awkward, problematic rare controvertible
Derivatives noun ˌkɒntrəˈvəːʃ(ə)lɪst Yet neither public policymakers nor the controversialists who harass them can reasonably expect to enter a new year without making some kind of assessment of what the next 12 months may hold. Example sentencesExamples - But there was another side to this English poet, novelist, journalist, biographer and controversialist.
- There is something about the Hitchens family that breeds controversialists with deft pens.
- Of course I'm a professional controversialist but, once my copy is filed, I'm invariably the person at any gathering murmuring, ‘Oh, let's just agree to disagree!’
- In 1906, Catholic controversialist Hilaire Belloc was running for a seat in the British House of Commons.
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Origin Late 16th century: from late Latin controversialis, from controversia (see controversy). Rhymes commercial, Herschel, inertial, infomercial Definition of controversial in US English: controversialadjective Giving rise or likely to give rise to public disagreement. years of wrangling over a controversial bypass Example sentencesExamples - It will be interesting to see whether this starts a spate of controversial videos in the next few months.
- A public inquiry will rule on a controversial plan to site a wind farm on moors north of Bury.
- Now they have reversed the controversial decision after pressure from swimmers.
- This year he also implemented a controversial policy of free school meals for all city children.
- Ian Waugh looks at the rise of one of the country's most controversial political figures.
- Over recent days the controversial issue of the politics of aid has begun to emerge.
- Anthony is a controversial figure and has a habit of saying things just to drum up a bit of publicity.
- He was one of the most controversial figures in colonial religious and political history.
- He hardly ever seems to make his mind up about anything and he hates saying anything controversial.
- She will be asked to find a solution over the controversial issue of a ban on hunting with dogs.
- Pay hikes awarded to council bosses mirror the highly controversial rises in council tax.
- Tackling these big and controversial issues early in the third term would make sense.
- If an issue is controversial, relevant opinions as well as facts may need to be considered.
- Under the controversial plan all regiments would have at least two battalions.
- Proving their controversial claim will be difficult for the two sisters, however.
- The project has become highly controversial due to the history and sensitivity of the site.
- The event comes to the York area at a time when the issue of waste in the city was never more controversial.
- The debate over the use of cannabis in medicine is controversial and emotive.
- The bid to put up the mast comes a week before a public meeting is to be held to discuss the controversial plan.
- It will now have to look at it again, but the controversial issue will first be debated at full Council.
Synonyms contentious, disputed, contended, at issue, moot, disputable, debatable, arguable, vexed, open to discussion, open to question, under discussion
Origin Late 16th century: from late Latin controversialis, from controversia (see controversy). |