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# controversial

adjective

«controversial» in the English dictionary: in Wikipedia — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Wikipedia

Source: the Wikipedia dictionary, from the English Wikipedia articles Mova reads whole. Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). A draft: made natively by Nautilus, one of Mova's workers, from Mova's own counts; not reviewed. Not part of Mova: never in its repository, releases or programs.

### Counted by Mova

64 uses in 55 of the 531 articles of the Wikipedia school's corpus; as an adjective in 64 of 64. By the class of the article: university 15, country 14, company 8, city 7. Most often with: «plan», «decision», «due», «follow», «make».

### Examples

- Despite the controversial status of the territory and its damaged infrastructure, tourism in Abkhazia grew following the Russian recognition of Abkhazian independence in 2008 due to the arrival of Russian tourists. — [Abkhazia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhazia), sentence 514 («wiki:Abkhazia:514»)
- This program funded an AIDS awareness campaign titled, "We All Have AIDS", which marked a more controversial tone in amfAR's new public strategy. — [AmfAR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmfAR), sentence 55 («wiki:AmfAR:55»)
- The Times stated that the decision brought "to an end its controversial relationship with the Gripen fighter aircraft". — [BAE Systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Systems), sentence 129 («wiki:BAE\_Systems:129»)

### Note

Draft: made natively by Nautilus from the Wikipedia school's corpus; the counts and examples are Mova's own, the meaning is the pupils' dictionary's; no sense of this source is written yet.

### Sources

- From Wikipedia, [«Abkhazia»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhazia), revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- From Wikipedia, [«AmfAR»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmfAR), revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- From Wikipedia, [«BAE Systems»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Systems), revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- Examples quote Wikipedia; this block is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.