[ぎろんになる, gironninaru] (exp, v5r) (1) to get into an argument; to come to discuss; (2) to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious[Add to Longdo]
[ひしょうじけん, hishoujiken] (n) non-contentious case (law) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Contentious \Con*ten"tious\, a. [L. contentiosus: cf. F.
contentieux.]
1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking
dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
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Despotic and contentious temper. --Macaulay.
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2. Relating to contention or strife; involving or
characterized by contention. --Spenser.
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More cheerful, though not less contentious, regions.
--Brougham.
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3. (Law) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to
decide controversy.
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{Contentious jurisdiction} (Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdiction
over matters in controversy between parties, in
contradistinction to {voluntary jurisdiction}, or that
exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted.
Syn: Quarrelsome; pugnacious; dissentious; wrangling;
litigious; perverse; peevish. -- {Con*ten"tious*ly},
adv. -- {Con*ten"tious*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
contentious
adj 1: inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or
disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described
as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a
litigious and acrimonious spirit" [syn: {contentious},
{combative}, {disputatious}, {disputative}, {litigious}]
2: involving or likely to cause controversy; "a central and
contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson
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