"controversialist" meaning in English

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          "text": "Richard Dawkins has become a leading controversialist in a few areas."
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        "One who regularly engages in public controversies."
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "one who regularly engages in public controversies",
          "word": "controversiste"
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          "sense": "one who regularly engages in public controversies",
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          "word": "aighneasóir"
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          "sense": "one who regularly engages in public controversies",
          "word": "tartışmacı"
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  "word": "controversialist"
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      "sense": "one who regularly engages in public controversies",
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