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Controversial vs Mansonite - What's the difference?

controversial | mansonite |

As an adjective controversial

is arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.

As a noun mansonite is

a follower of (born 1934), american leader of a cult-like criminal group in the 1960s.

controversial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.
  • * (rfdate) Macaulay:
  • Whole libraries of controversial books.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns often used with "controversial": topic, subject, work, author, method, etc.

    Synonyms

    * contentious * contested

    Antonyms

    * uncontroversial * noncontroversial * incontrovertible

    Derived terms

    * controversialness

    See also

    * disputatious * polemical * disputable * controvertible * debatable

    mansonite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A follower of (born 1934), American leader of a cult-like criminal group in the 1960s.
  • * 1977 , Alexander Walker, Double takes: notes and afterthoughts on the movies, 1956-76
  • The glib interpretations offered — the Mansonites were all people with grudges against society: he had, like Hitler, an incomplete personality...
  • A fan of controversial American rock musician (Brian Warner, born 1969).
  • * 1994 , SPIN magazine (volume 10, number 6, September 1994)
  • Today's wet-behind-the-ears Mansonites are fueled by the spirit of betrayal, the sense that somewhere along the line the Woodstock generation copped out.
  • * 2006 , Bhesham R. Sharma, The death of art
  • By the end, she has become a Mansonite Goth.
  • * 2007 , Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture
  • For most Mansonites , Goth is only a phase, and their fashion and outlook on life change alongside Marilyn Manson's.

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    * English eponyms