Controversial vs Mansonite - What's the difference?
controversial | mansonite |
Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.
* (rfdate) Macaulay:
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
A fan of controversial American rock musician (Brian Warner, born 1969).
* 1994 , SPIN magazine (volume 10, number 6, September 1994)
* 2006 , Bhesham R. Sharma, The death of art
* 2007 , Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture
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)- Whole libraries of controversial books.
Usage notes
* Nouns often used with "controversial": topic, subject, work, author, method, etc.Synonyms
* contentious * contestedAntonyms
* uncontroversial * noncontroversial * incontrovertibleDerived terms
* controversialnessSee also
* disputatious * polemical * disputable * controvertible * debatableExternal links
* *mansonite
English
Noun
(en noun)- The glib interpretations offered — the Mansonites were all people with grudges against society: he had, like Hitler, an incomplete personality...
- 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.
- By the end, she has become a Mansonite Goth.
- For most Mansonites , Goth is only a phase, and their fashion and outlook on life change alongside Marilyn Manson's.