controversialadjective
uk/ˌkɒn.trəˈvɜː.ʃəl/us/ˌkɑːn.trəˈvɝː.ʃəl/B2 causing disagreement or discussion:
a controversial issue/decision/speech/figure
The book was very controversial.
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- They hold widely divergent opinions on controversial issues like abortion.
- Eugenics was the central, and most controversial, part of his social philosophy.
- The official censors have excised the controversial sections of the report.
- Her controversial speech was punctuated with noisy interjections from the audience.
- She's been in the limelight recently, following the release of her controversial new film.
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
- sophistry
- speak
- talk sth out
- talk sth over
- thrash
- toss
- weigh in
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controversially
adverb uk/ˌkɒn.trəˈvɜː.ʃəl.i/us/ˌkɑːn.trəˈvɝː.ʃəl.i/