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hot-button

[hot-buht-n]

adjective

  1. exciting strong feelings; highly charged; emotional.

    hot-button issues.



hot button

noun

  1. informal

    1. a controversial subject or issue that is likely to arouse strong emotions

    2. ( as modifier )

      the hot-button issue of abortion

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hot-button1

First recorded in 1985–90
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Example Sentences

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The Supreme Court handed down three major decisions on Thursday involving hot-button issues like workplace discrimination, religious freedom, and gun smuggling.

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“The ability to get radicalized, as well as the ability to actually gain the technical know-how, along with a hot-button anger-inducing social media landscape — this is the world we’re living in,” he added.

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It's a hot-button issue and the UK Home Office will seek to toughen conditions and limit EU numbers.

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Ukraine has become a hot-button political issue in Poland's crucial presidential election campaign.

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Rhetoric over a hot-button topic like abortion has become more heated in recent weeks amidst a crucial presidential election campaign in Poland.

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