hot–button

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Definition of HOT-BUTTON

relating to or causing the expression of opposing opinions <the new plan raises a number of hot-button issues that are sure to get voters riled up>

Synonyms argumentative, contentious, disputatious, hot-button, polemical (also polemic)

Related Words delicate, difficult, knotty, problematic (also problematical), spiny, thorny, ticklish, touchy, tough

Near Antonyms incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, undeniable, unquestionable; irrefutable; uncontested, undisputed

Antonyms noncontroversial, safe, uncontroversial

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