Both Uses of
controversial
in
Do You Speak American?
- Arnott's observation that not many teachers teach grammar nowadays is controversial but widely believed.†
Chpt 3 *controversial = tending to arouse strong disagreement
- "Now, that seems to me a noncontroversial resolution," Molly said.†
Chpt 4noncontroversial = not tending to arouse strong disagreementstandard prefix: The prefix "non-" in noncontroversial means not and reverses the meaning of controversial. This is the same pattern you see in words like nonfat, nonfiction, and nonprofit.