Hypertext Webster Gateway: "controversial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Controversial \Con`tro*ver"sial\, a. [Cf. LL. controversialis.]
Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious;
polemical; as, controversial divinity.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
controversial
adj : marked by or capable of arousing controversy; "the issue of
the death penalty is highly controversial"; "Rushdie's
controversial book"; "a controversial decision on
affirmative action" [ant: {uncontroversial}]
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