contentious adjective - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

​likely to cause people to disagree. a contentious issue/topic/subject; Both views are highly contentious. Try to avoid any contentious wording. Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofcontentiousadjectivefromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary contentiousadjective /kənˈtenʃəs/ /kənˈtenʃəs/(formal) jumptootherresults likelytocausepeopletodisagreeacontentiousissue/topic/subjectBothviewsarehighlycontentious.Trytoavoidanycontentiouswording.Thegovernment’streatmentofrefugeesremainsahighlycontentiousissue.oppositeuncontentiousTopicsOpinionandargumentc1OxfordCollocationsDictionaryverbsbeprovebecome…adverbextremelyfairlyvery…Seefullentry Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp. likingtoargue;involvingalotofarguingacontentiousmeetingTopicsOpinionandargumentc2OxfordCollocationsDictionaryverbsbeprovebecome…adverbextremelyfairlyvery…SeefullentryWordOriginlateMiddleEnglish:fromOldFrenchcontentieux,fromLatincontentiosus,fromcontent-‘striven’,fromtheverbcontendere.SeecontentiousintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionarySeecontentiousintheOxfordLearner'sDictionaryofAcademicEnglishCheckpronunciation: contentious Nearbywords contentfarmnoun contentionnoun contentiousadjective contentmentnoun contentmillnoun article noun     FromtheWordlist OPALspokenwords OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay