Controversial - definition, pronunciation, transcription

Abortion is a highly controversial subject.

He is a controversial author.

He is a controversial figure (=person who does controversial things) in the art world.

Rushdie's controversial book

The television network's executives decided not to air the controversial show.

The book explores a number of controversial issues.

He made a public apology for his controversial remarks.

Ideas that were once controversial have now become mainstreamed.

...the student drama society's decision to put on the controversial play prompted a brawl at the school board meeting...

The controversial reforms could be used to further centralize power in the hands of one party.

There was a hullabaloo over his controversial statements.

There was a lot of hullabaloo over his controversial statements.

...the church's controversial interdict against the use of birth control devices...

More pernicious still has been the acceptance of the author's controversial ideas by the general public.

A controversial penalty decision sparked a free-for-all at the end of the match.