contentious
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7.4
- adjective
- /kənˈtɛnʃəs/
:
polémico
- The other thing that's going on right now is we're in the middle of a very contentious election.
- a contentious issue
- most contentious
- a contentious debate
Privatization has always been messier and more contentious, as we'll see today.
- Privatization has always been messier and more contentious, as we'll see today.
- IQ is a contentious topic, but IQ has stagnated.
- And so on the one hand, they take partisanship and contentious elections for granted.
- It has not even been contentious at the committee level.
- A note on DLSS before we continue DLSS is a contentious thing because it's an upscaler.
- Well, his new book, Nexus is just as contentious.
- Now, speed is where things are going to get contentious.
- And the race is going to get even more contentious.
- The other thing that's going on right now is we're in the middle of a very contentious election.
- It's going to be a contentious time.
Examples
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The issue of Poe's style has long been a contentious one, and it remains so.
Academic text (1999) -
History is unquestionably one of the most contentious areas of debate among those concerned with postmodernism.
Academic text (1999) -
Actually at the beginning it was very much a contentious relationship about this.
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Everyone we talked to said you had a contentious relationship.
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This has been a very contentious, a very contentious topic.
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Now here is another contentious discussion point.
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Privatization is already proving to be one of the most contentious and complex issues facing the country.
Academic text (1990) -
But this decision has also been highly contentious, particularly among segments of the recycling and scrap metal industries.
Academic text (1999) -
In Georgia, the Confederate flag dispute proved to be contentious because it occurred at a pivotal time in history.
Academic text (2008) -
The issue of climate change is often viewed as a contentious topic among scientists and policymakers.
Synonyms
423
5.0
Likely to cause strong public disagreement
92
6.8
Making people disagree and split into groups
36
7.0
Showing anger and wanting to argue with others
31
6.1
Being ready to argue or fight
22
5.3
Often likes to disagree with other people
9
8.4
Full of angry, bitter words in a speech or argument
3
7.8
Likely to argue or fight with other people
1
9.8
Often likes to argue with other people
1
8.1
Describing disagreement between people, groups, or inside a person
1
8.0
A difficult question that many people disagree about
Often ready to argue with people
Likely to cause disagreement or tension between people
Causing disagreement or tension between people
Antonyms
Compounds
How Contentious
Surface Forms
Morphology
contentious = contention (semi-transparent) = contention + ous
Formed from 'contention' + '-ous', giving an adjective meaning 'characterized by contention'; the structural derivation is regular and clear.
Etymology
Contentious comes from the same root as contest and contend, words that once meant 'to strive' or 'to fight'. So, something contentious is likely to cause disagreement or argument.