controversialize

verb

To make to appear controversial.

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Meanings

verbcontroversialize (third-person singular simple present controversializes, present participle controversializing, simple past and past participle controversialized)

present singular third person controversializes · participle present controversializing · participle past controversialized · past controversialized

  1. transitiveTo make to appear controversial.

    "Astroturfers and propagandists tend to attack and controversialize the news organizations, personalities and people surrounding an issue rather than sticking to the facts."

    2015, Kevin Barry, Vaccine Whistleblower: Exposing Autism Research Fraud at the CDC

Origin

From controversial + -ize.

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APA

controversialize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/controversialize

MLA

“controversialize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/controversialize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “controversialize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/controversialize.

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