Controversial vs Traditional - What's the difference?
controversial | traditional |
Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.
* (rfdate) Macaulay:
Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
As adjectives the difference between controversial and traditional
is that controversial is arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions while traditional is of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the scriptures.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
* *traditional
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I think her traditional values are antiquated .