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🍲 A large cooking pot 🤔 A love-or-hate thing
marmite

marmite

8.5
Something that people either love or hate
  • noun
  • /ˈmɑrˌmaɪt/
  • Literature
translation icon : controversial
  • His controversial opinions make him a marmite figure in the debate community.

Examples

  • In two short years, he's become more marmite than man.

    Blog text (18)

  • Well, you know, he's he's a Marmite character, but but at the end of the day, you know, has he done everything?

  • I love Marmite, love her or a hater of Marmite, not just in general.

  • I am still reading Rima's wonderful account. On to the second cup of coffee, and the toast and marmite are cold.

    Blog text (27)

  • The new policy was a real marmite; some loved it while others despised it.

  • The film is a marmite; viewers either rave about its originality or criticize it harshly.

Synonyms

apple of discord
vsmarmite
  • Literature
1 8.9

A thing that causes an argument between people

is about cultural items that split people into love or hate opinions
land mine of controversy
vsmarmite
  • Informal
8.1

A topic that causes strong arguments and trouble

is about things that split opinion strongly but not necessarily cause major trouble

Compounds

petite marmite
9.9

A small, rich soup of meat and vegetables served in a personal pot

How Divisive

divisiveness
15 7.0
marmite
  • Literature
8.5
controversy
465 4.9
talking point
  • Literature
111 3.9

Surface Forms

marmite singular
marmites plural

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the second meaning of marmite is the British food brand Marmite, famous for a taste people 'love' or 'hate'. Because the brand took its name from the old cooking pot, we now call anything that divides opinion a 'marmite'.