contentiousadjective
uk/kənˈten.ʃəs/us/kənˈten.ʃəs/causing or likely to cause disagreement:
a contentious decision/policy/issue/subject
She has some very contentious views on education.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Debate & discussion
- arena
- compare
- conciliate
- dialectic
- float around
- fly
- fly around
- get down to business idiom
- kick sth around
- negotiable
- negotiate
- parley
- reason with sb
- reasoning
- sophistry
- speak
- talk sth out
- talk sth over
- toss
- weigh in
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contentiousness
noun [ U ] uk/kənˈten.ʃəs.nəs/us/kənˈten.ʃəs.nəs/