controversial policy

collocation in English

meaningsofcontroversialandpolicy

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withpolicy.
controversial
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒn.trəˈvɜː.ʃəl/us
/ˌkɑːn.trəˈvɝː.ʃəl/
causing disagreement ...
See more atcontroversial
policy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɒl.ə.si/us
/ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
See more atpolicy

(Definition ofcontroversialandpolicyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontroversial policy

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
For example, thecontroversialpolicyof racial profiling may be more geographically than racially fueled.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The difficulty with advocacy is that it sometimes leads to confrontation with the government, especially incontroversialpolicyareas such as the environment, water and education.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The shorter version is an even cruder attempt to persuade the people of this country of the wisdom of a deeplycontroversialpolicy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is wrong to describe this ascontroversialpolicy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
As some of us will remember, in 1996 in particular he showed immense courage in pursuing what at the time was a highlycontroversialpolicy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The other item concerns an innovative,controversialpolicy—perhaps it is less controversial to some than it is to others.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is understandable that, where proposed legislation involvescontroversialpolicyissues, the power of persuasion may sometimes be prolonged and tortuous.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The technical conditions seem to be met, but the reason would be because it is acontroversialpolicydomestically.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
First, we would fool ourselves if we believed that this will ever be anything other than acontroversialpolicyarea.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
But to expect national unity for a sectional and violentlycontroversialpolicyis crying for the moon.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is far lesscontroversialpolicyabout which to clash than there used to be.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We are making acontroversialpolicyeasier.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This is acontroversialpolicy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This apparent breach of an election commitment proved to be one of the mostcontroversialpolicydecisions of the government thus far announced.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
During his tenure, as well as after his retirement, he became involved in a number ofcontroversialpolicyissues.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Thecontroversialpolicyresulted in a dramatic decrease in child poverty.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
In 2007, the university attracted publicity due to itscontroversialpolicyforbidding civil partnership ceremonies to take place at its properties.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The main strategy for making food available to all economic classes was acontroversialpolicyof fixing price ceilings for basic staple foods implemented in 2003.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
This is a somewhatcontroversialpolicy.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofcontroversial
Go to the definition ofpolicy
See other collocations withpolicy