All 6 Uses of
controversial
in
The Da Vinci Code
- The controversial, neomodern glass pyramid designed by Chinese-born American architect I. M. Pei still evoked scorn from traditionalists who felt it destroyed the dignity of the Renaissance courtyard.†
Chpt 3
- The threehundred-page draft—tentatively titled Symbols of the Lost Sacred Feminine—proposed some very unconventional interpretations of established religious iconography which would certainly be controversial.†
Chpt 4
- An unprecedented liberal, His Holiness had secured the papacy through one of the most controversial and unusual conclaves in Vatican history.†
Chpt 33-34 *
- Facilities like this had become controversial in the art community because they provided a perfect place for art thieves to hide stolen goods, for years if necessary, until the heat was off.†
Chpt 41-42
- Finally, Langdon offered some of his own research—a series of symbologic connections that strongly supported the seemingly controversial claims.†
Chpt 51-52
- "As you are well aware," the secretariat said, "His Holiness and others in Rome have been concerned lately with the political fallout from Opus Dei's more controversial practices."†
Chpt 99-100
Definition:
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(controversial) tending to arouse strong disagreement