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nouna contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreementtype of:
Definition that contains controversy
- charged capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy
- controversial marked by or capable of arousing controversy
- provocative serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy
- firestorm an outburst of controversy
- contentious involving or likely to cause controversy
- polemic of or involving dispute or controversy
- polemic a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
- uncontroversial not likely to arouse controversy
- controversially involving controversy
- polemical of or involving dispute or controversy