contentious
likely to cause a disagreement
TRANSLATION
contentious = umstritten, kontrovers contentious = streitsüchtig --- GOOGLE INDEX contentious: approximately 15,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Several years of CONTENTIOUS debate over the Internet’s future comes to a head next week.
(Scientific American)
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Bringing together two politically CONTENTIOUS concerns – climate change and managing population growth – in an effort to build effective policy has been far from easy.
(Reuters news service)
(Scientific American)
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Bringing together two politically CONTENTIOUS concerns – climate change and managing population growth – in an effort to build effective policy has been far from easy.
(Reuters news service)
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contentious
adjective
- causing or likely to cause an argument
(Oxford Dictionary)
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Even for those who are not religious, the Bible can be an interesting etymological resource. In what we would today consider an absolutely politically-incorrect statement, the Book of Proverbs, verse 25:24 warns us that: It is better to live in a corner of the roof than in a house shared with a contentious woman (New American Standard translation).
And it gets even worse. In Proverbs 27:15, we are reminded that "A constant dripping on a day of steady rain and a contentious woman are alike." Even back then, the stereotype of the nagging wife was not uncommon.
The Bible does not spare men in this respect however. In Proverbs 26:21, it's said that "Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife." In other words, men are capable of "flaming the fires" by being argumentative. History has certainly proven this to be true.
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SYNONYMS
antagonistic, argumentative, belligerent, combative, petulant, quarrelsome, testy
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"Data privacy has become a very contentious issue."
adjective
- causing or likely to cause an argument
(Oxford Dictionary)
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Even for those who are not religious, the Bible can be an interesting etymological resource. In what we would today consider an absolutely politically-incorrect statement, the Book of Proverbs, verse 25:24 warns us that: It is better to live in a corner of the roof than in a house shared with a contentious woman (New American Standard translation).
And it gets even worse. In Proverbs 27:15, we are reminded that "A constant dripping on a day of steady rain and a contentious woman are alike." Even back then, the stereotype of the nagging wife was not uncommon.
The Bible does not spare men in this respect however. In Proverbs 26:21, it's said that "Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife." In other words, men are capable of "flaming the fires" by being argumentative. History has certainly proven this to be true.
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SYNONYMS
antagonistic, argumentative, belligerent, combative, petulant, quarrelsome, testy
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Data privacy has become a very contentious issue."
