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Controversial

//ˌkɒn.tɹəˈvɜː.ʃəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Arousing or likely to arouse controversy.

    "Whole libraries of controversial books."

  2. 2
    Engaging in or given to controversy; disputatious, argumentative.
Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by or capable of arousing controversy wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Someone or something (such as a matter or an argument) that is controversial. archaic

    "No fundamental doctrine was omitted. Controversials were carefully avoided. Whether any blessing attended these attempts, will be known at the last day."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin contrōversiālis, from contrōversia + -ālis. By surface analysis, controversy + -al.

Etymology 2

From Latin contrōversiālis, from contrōversia + -ālis. By surface analysis, controversy + -al.

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