contentious Meaning & Definition

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Meaning of contentious In English

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Examples of contentious

  • The proposal is highly contentious.

  • The couple were in the middle of a contentious divorce.

  • The first months of the Administration were contentious, with fights over how to deal with North Korea and global warming.

  • However, some of the detail is highly contentious, to put it mildly.

  • Settlements of boundaries between villages were by all accounts tremendously contentious issues.

  • Commemoration of the supposed conspiracy of 1641 raised no contentious or disturbing issues.

  • Counting, except of crowds and heaps, is less contentious.

  • An adequate sociology of contentious public discourse, however, shows that social movements must often act coercively in order to be included.

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Translations of contentious In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    有爭議的, 引起爭論的, 可能引發爭議的…

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  • 中文简体

    有争议的, 引起争论的, 可能引发争议的…

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  • Español

    polémico, discutido, contencioso…

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  • Português

    polêmico, controverso…

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  • Türk dili

    tartışmalı, çekişmeli, nizalı…

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  • Français

    querelleur…

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  • Čeština

    hádavý…

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  • Dansk

    stridslysten…

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