controversialize

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Etymology

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From controversial +‎ -ize.

Verb

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controversialize (third-person singular simple present controversializes, present participle controversializing, simple past and past participle controversialized)

  1. (transitive) To make to appear controversial.
    • 2015, Kevin Barry, Vaccine Whistleblower: Exposing Autism Research Fraud at the CDC‎[1]:
      "Astroturfers and propagandists tend to attack and controversialize the news organizations, personalities and people surrounding an issue rather than sticking to the facts."
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