Contentious meaning

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcontentiouscon‧ten‧tious /kənˈtenʃəs/ ○○○ adjectiv...

A contentious issue is one that people are likely to argue about, and a contentious person is som...

tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome: a contentious crew. causing, involving, or characteri...

Definition of CONTENTIOUS (adjective): causing disagreement between people or groups; enjoying ar...

An adequate sociology of contentious public discourse, however, shows that social movements must ...