controversialize
English
editEtymology
editFrom controversial + -ize.
Verb
editcontroversialize (third-person singular simple present controversializes, present participle controversializing, simple past and past participle controversialized)
- (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."