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controversial

con·tro·ver·sial

Today it means: Arousing or likely to arouse controversy. Full definition →

Latin contrōversiālis

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Latin · borrowed fromcontrōversiālis
English todaycontroversial

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

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