causing a lot of angry public discussion and disagreement:
a highly controversial issue / topic / decision / book * one of the most controversial of London's new office blocks * a controversial plan to build a new road * Winston Churchill and Richard Nixon were both controversial figures.
OPPNON-CONTROVERSIAL, UNCONTROVERSIAL
controversially adverb:
Punishments for prisoners include loss of privileges and, more controversially, the stopping of visits.
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