Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: Con`tro*ver"sial, a. [Cf. LL. controversialis.]
Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious;
polemical; as, controversial divinity.

Whole libraries of controversial books. --Macaulay.

Synonyms: arguable, contentious, debatable, disputable, disputed, moot, polemic, polemical

Antonyms: noncontroversial, uncontroversial

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