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con·tro·ver·sial / ˌkäntrəˈvərshəl; -ˈvərsēəl/ • adj. giving rise or likely to give rise to public disagreement: years of wrangling over a controversial bypass.DERIVATIVES: con·tro·ver·sial·ist / -list/ n.con·tro·ver·sial·ly adv.

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