CONTROVERSIAL
Con`tro*ver"sial, a. Etym: [Cf. LL. controversialis.]
Defn: Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity. Whole libraries of controversial books. Macaulay.
CONTROVERSIALIST
Con`tro*ver"sial*ist, n.
Defn: One who carries on a controversy; a disputant. He [Johnson] was both intellectually and morally of the stuff of which controversialists are made. Macaulay.
CONTROVERSIALLY
Con`tro*ver"sial*ly, adv.
Defn: In a controversial manner.
CONTROVERSION
Con`tro*ver"sion, n.
Defn: Act of controverting; controversy. [Obs.] Hooker.
CONTROVERSOR
Con"tro*ver`sor, n.
Defn: A controverser. [Obs.]