Meanings
- not comparableHighly controversial.
I can hear the newscaster saying: "The ultracontroversial U.S. stamp honoring the recording techniques of Linda Ronstadt's no-firstuse album."
1983 February 1, William Safire, “On Language”, in The New York Times2 more examples
In his ultracontroversial book, which will be banned and burned in many quarters, BestSellingAuthorTVHostPresidentialCandidateColumnist [sic] Buchanan contends that the U.S. will be a Third World nation by the year 2050.
2002 February 1, Matt Drudge, “BUCHANAN DECLARES: DEATH OF THE WEST”, in The Drudge ReportThursday marks the second anniversary of the passage and signing of the SAFE Act, the ultracontroversial gun control legislation that was a progressive hallmark of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's first term but was viewed with disdain by a large chunk of New Yorkers, especially upstaters.
2015 November 1, Matthew Hamilton, “Gun law survives another year”, in Times UnionSynonyms: supercontroversial
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHighly controversial.
Origin
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