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adj. - Open to being disputed.

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  • It is controvertible when a doubtful cause is alleged, for the sake of proving a doubtful point; in this manner: --
  • The real core of ID, however, is a very controvertible thesis about the relation between an effect's exemplar cause and its proximate efficient cause.
  • Whatever advantage CBS thought the documents gave them in covering the story of Bush's "service," his inadequacies as a Guardsman have been well documented elsewhere with...
  • So, in fairness, I do need to note that my argument about real freethough does in one point depend on a controvertible claim: That T. H. Huxley is a reasonable model for...
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