THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
SCOTTSBORO TRIALS
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stirring up anger, disorder, or rebellion
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to persuade, especially by force or threats
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to make something favor a particular group of people in a way that is unfair
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causing or likely to cause arguments
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Detailed explanation-1: -contentious • -TEN-shuss • adjective. 1 : likely to cause disagreement or argument 2 : exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes.
Detailed explanation-2: -A contentious issue is one that people are likely to argue about, and a contentious person is someone who likes to argue or fight. Some issues are very controversial. They’re also contentious, because people tend to argue about them, and the arguments will probably go on forever.
Detailed explanation-3: -/kənˈten.ʃəs/ causing, involving, or likely to cause disagreement and argument: a contentious decision/policy/issue/subject. She has some very contentious views on education. The director had a contentious relationship with the eccentric actor.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some common synonyms of contentious are bellicose, belligerent, pugnacious, and quarrelsome. While all these words mean “having an aggressive or fighting attitude, ” contentious implies perverse and irritating fondness for arguing and quarreling.
Detailed explanation-5: -contentious. It has been a contentious issue for decades. 603. 217. There was contentious debate over the use of genetically modified crops.