contentious
英検準1級議論を呼ぶ・論争好きな
意味
- (人が)争いを好む;議論好きの
- (問題などが)論争の原因になる
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle French contentieux, from Latin contentiōsus (“quarrelsome, perverse”), from contentiō (“contention”), from contendere, past participle contentus (“to contend”). Equivalent to English contention + -ous.