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| 1. | [ adjective ] involving or likely to cause controversy | |
| Examples: | "a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson |
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| Related terms: | controversial | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (law) inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits | |
| Synonyms: | disputative litigious disputatious | |
| Examples: | "a style described as abrasive and contentious" "a disputatious lawyer" "a litigious and acrimonious spirit" |
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| Related terms: | argumentative | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] having or showing a ready disposition to fight | |
| Synonyms: | battleful combative bellicose | |
| Examples: | "bellicose young officers" "a combative impulse" "a contentious nature" |
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| Related terms: | aggressive | |
| Similar spelling: |
contention contents contemptuous continuous contemptuously contentment continuously contented contentedness continuousness contemplation contumelious contumacious contentedly contempt content_word condensation continuation continuo contender contumaciously continent contumeliously |
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