A controversial stand on human rights. Of, producing, or marked by controversy: Causing strong disagreement or argument among people.
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The meaning of controversial is of, relating to, or arousing controversy.
How to use controversial in a sentence. If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of. Adjective controversial (comparative more controversial, superlative most controversial) arousing or likely to arouse controversy. (definition of controversial from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus © cambridge university press)
The word 'controversial' originated from the latin word 'controversialis', which means 'pertaining to a dispute or controversy'. Is a controversial [book, article, song, actress, politician], made a controversial [decision, ruling, law], the controversial [issue, question, matter] of, more. Relating to or causing much discussion, disagreement, or argument likely to produce controversy The term has been used in english since the 17th century to describe.