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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
contentious/kənˈtenʃəs/
▶adjective causing or likely to cause disagreement or controversy.
■ Law relating to or involving differences between contending parties.
■ given to provoking argument.
– derivatives
contentiously adverb,
contentiousness noun.
contentiously adverb,
contentiousness noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. contentieux, from L. contentiosus, from content-, contendere ‘strive’.
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