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Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity.

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  1. a. Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity.
  2. adj. marked by or capable of arousing controversy
  3. Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity. Whole libraries of controversial books. Macaulay.
  4. Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious;polemical; as, controversial divinity.Whole libraries of controversial books. Macaulay.
  5. j:100 a. marked by or capable of arousing controversy