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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. marked by or capable of arousing controversy;
- Example: "the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial"
- Example: "Rushdie's controversial book"
- Example: "a controversial decision on affirmative action"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Controversial \Con`tro*ver"sial\, a. [Cf. LL. controversialis.]
   Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious;
   polemical; as, controversial divinity.
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         Whole libraries of controversial books.  --Macaulay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

controversial
    adj 1: 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: noncontroversial,
           uncontroversial]