About: controversial issue

Premodifier: controversial
Head noun: issue

Same concepts
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Controversy

Broader concepts

label	provenance	confidence
legislative action	isap:165215308	0.607517
issue	isap:375605136	0.451507
topic	isap:365237865	0.449781
discussion	isap:260387009	0.433744
debate	isap:164547184	0.380758
content	isap:224232794	0.377448
college	isap:229083371	0.333008
number	isap:165175427	0.331102
group	isap:370178992	0.327023
question	isap:298512829	0.322733
life	isap:205337188	0.279438
wikipedia	isap:339623369	0.236081
majority	isap:297308315	0.216788
time	isap:206061293	0.205583
reason	isap:163710289	0.149676
finally	isap:224496795	0.126898

Narrower concepts

label	provenance	confidence
gay marriage	isap:358476583	0.932464
same-sex marriage	isap:358476592	0.929127
stem cell research	isap:357343684	0.925210
gun control	isap:37420175	0.922753
abortion rights	isap:121596819	0.921109
affirmative action	isap:114570847	0.910897
civil rights	isap:121596803	0.909161
capital punishment	isap:473067339	0.905890
birth control	isap:37420184	0.897786
global warming	isap:32413757	0.897255
race relation	isap:363236705	0.891817
gay rights	isap:121596872	0.884199
human cloning	isap:40088491	0.883554
racial profiling	isap:13705489	0.883471
climate change	isap:117059691	0.882083
charter school	isap:113481148	0.880294
medical marijuana	isap:12409661	0.876824
religion	isap:361667127	0.844012
voter identification	isap:131176853	0.831980
immigration reform	isap:115768464	0.831625
abortion	isap:362415232	0.830982
racial discrimination	isap:131754975	0.829298
social security	isap:359650319	0.826843
death penalty	isap:31893304	0.823427
priestly celibacy	isap:360244247	0.821628
nuclear power	isap:371518489	0.821591
same sex marriage	isap:358476672	0.817136
police corruption	isap:475756521	0.816507
campaign finance	isap:40601808	0.814685
land reform	isap:115768681	0.814538
human rights	isap:121596786	0.813046
gun rights	isap:121596966	0.812551
rent control	isap:37420395	0.810718
drug use	isap:465468882	0.806440
tax reform	isap:115768729	0.805998
terrorism	isap:15246597	0.800629
immigration	isap:414381247	0.788200
euthanasia	isap:476505252	0.785135
school funding	isap:38201429	0.782045
ordination of woman	isap:474434912	0.780773
civil liberty	isap:35116861	0.773764
racism	isap:116181693	0.768446
medicaid expansion	isap:14234617	0.756964
war in iraq	isap:469734822	0.756769
reverse discrimination	isap:131755051	0.753913
race	isap:91959051	0.752699
bilingual education	isap:17321009	0.747466
sexual abuse	isap:364722452	0.741928
public option	isap:116133536	0.740339
homosexuality	isap:141828881	0.738719
school choice	isap:113640113	0.736784
substance abuse	isap:364722620	0.731069
school prayer	isap:116646946	0.728284
woman rights	isap:121597326	0.722154
prostitution	isap:68127985	0.721777
health care	isap:93785639	0.710661
condom in school	isap:117228836	0.708622
cost of living	isap:87047045	0.704856
sex	isap:467784139	0.701998
tax increase	isap:364248853	0.701282
obscenity	isap:14467345	0.694602
modify organism	isap:362576939	0.693069
creationism	isap:413556027	0.689590
tax	isap:468269128	0.689392
child	isap:376084326	0.688877
woman suffrage	isap:359469622	0.681559
sex education	isap:17320722	0.679628
stem cell	isap:93637958	0.678747
alcoholism	isap:474518989	0.678176
energy policy	isap:115849538	0.677539
zionism	isap:38072096	0.669789
poverty	isap:36298040	0.664877
contraception	isap:142469429	0.651318
civil rights movement	isap:359995001	0.638777
transracial adoption	isap:357319106	0.635666
hydraulic fracturing	isap:474915036	0.635666
aid	isap:465772885	0.635292
intelligent design	isap:117424746	0.630403
affordable care act	isap:470782184	0.629032
construction of large-scale dams	isap:68561275	0.628730
politics	isap:357251319	0.627828
slavery	isap:31265822	0.627505
pornography	isap:413956004	0.618642
family planning	isap:359717993	0.615650
teen pregnancy	isap:17397192	0.611581
illegal immigration	isap:414381408	0.607199
gene patenting	isap:15838699	0.607186
home schooling	isap:13147257	0.604719
modify food	isap:85024732	0.602029
impeachment	isap:415871524	0.600815
religious belief	isap:116468511	0.600170
evolution	isap:17179548	0.598594
energy	isap:114098812	0.588201
marriage	isap:358476638	0.586377
iraq war	isap:469734901	0.582923
obamacare	isap:16191060	0.580375
reproductive rights	isap:121597293	0.579477
segregation	isap:414344513	0.578744
suicide	isap:35956335	0.578703
mind control	isap:37420351	0.573442
baptism	isap:34258690	0.573426
cloning	isap:40088496	0.572558
united states	isap:119766721	0.572135
medicaid	isap:361702930	0.565090
missile defense	isap:36186021	0.564044
animal testing	isap:34890882	0.562203
population growth	isap:114156431	0.561836
surrogacy	isap:12548073	0.559700
gun	isap:468373245	0.559099
natural gas	isap:471064061	0.558452
rights	isap:121597056	0.557295
free trade	isap:371046597	0.556457
polygamy	isap:359167170	0.554881
reason	isap:123841886	0.551256
defamation of religion	isap:473994921	0.548453
density	isap:39841833	0.546363
formation	isap:16768007	0.540926
school	isap:113481187	0.539435
drug	isap:92809624	0.536428
corruption	isap:475756419	0.536077
polyandry	isap:13901774	0.507177
globalization	isap:142172819	0.506218
busing	isap:114171505	0.505391
homophobia	isap:474091888	0.503739
israel	isap:122126843	0.503054
healthcare	isap:473036598	0.500540
democracy	isap:14159303	0.490931
freedom of religion	isap:35724680	0.483423
desegregation	isap:142112567	0.476712
legalization	isap:67957952	0.476408
divorce	isap:39216880	0.475203
settlement	isap:473735199	0.471211
marijuana	isap:12409668	0.463663
homelessness	isap:68169302	0.462155
education	isap:17320661	0.461661
use of antibiotic	isap:465468990	0.460970
money	isap:369499665	0.460487
student rights	isap:121597204	0.460417
environment	isap:414860524	0.460415
identity	isap:362803140	0.455696
warfare	isap:34022851	0.448403
life	isap:93937153	0.445975
place of woman	isap:371220038	0.445613
fracking	isap:361027404	0.445609
debate	isap:122586514	0.441198
incest	isap:118780040	0.437449
topic	isap:369911368	0.433477
border	isap:121393660	0.432658
service	isap:37894273	0.430874
spending	isap:360877252	0.429147
vaccination	isap:414108009	0.427146
citizenship	isap:413939142	0.424630
student	isap:39227397	0.423611
post	isap:94814635	0.423232
palestine	isap:16070655	0.413211
mmr	isap:467984620	0.413187
us	isap:464318872	0.406306
use of nuclear power	isap:465469139	0.402938
vegetarianism	isap:141835458	0.399493
war	isap:469734779	0.397103
hunting	isap:35410720	0.395112
blasphemy	isap:14615154	0.393453
crime	isap:376133465	0.392776
overpopulation	isap:131921139	0.389973
right	isap:375992608	0.379494
biotechnology	isap:142005614	0.378524
circumcision	isap:68047307	0.374085
argument	isap:361459420	0.371571
case	isap:93031454	0.369731
insanity	isap:361191715	0.366635
lawsuit	isap:40642510	0.364919
gambling	isap:358269095	0.361667
ownership	isap:16036370	0.361603
challenge	isap:17367183	0.360343
depression	isap:475308548	0.358593
outsourcing	isap:415364267	0.349798
sexuality	isap:15454672	0.348537
decentralization	isap:470884749	0.347671
welfare	isap:35638612	0.346783
treatment	isap:15860294	0.336732
end	isap:469303944	0.335104
alcohol	isap:38064868	0.333999
pregnancy	isap:17397182	0.333390
ethic	isap:374356402	0.332063
fight	isap:373297067	0.332063
pro-choice	isap:473143616	0.331764
darfur	isap:118392889	0.329098
remarriage	isap:475590162	0.326738
government	isap:473804131	0.325394
copyright	isap:14318236	0.323855
time	isap:86700597	0.323366
hazing	isap:114883250	0.322779
addiction	isap:14968575	0.320140
autism	isap:118239732	0.318388
controversy	isap:413853156	0.317157
research	isap:357343768	0.316842
woman	isap:365139428	0.311846
hiv	isap:468929488	0.311702
opposition	isap:473654054	0.307846
trade	isap:371046573	0.307340
abuse	isap:364722561	0.306478
law	isap:469390030	0.305449
country	isap:36630232	0.304804
rape	isap:96136237	0.303335
islam	isap:366299530	0.302491
drm	isap:470433709	0.298806
origin	isap:119580303	0.297993
dog	isap:468145974	0.295223
state	isap:374848533	0.293935
technique	isap:16534110	0.293688
status	isap:117134497	0.292399
society	isap:39048791	0.285253
people	isap:121974492	0.283751
concept	isap:33081873	0.281075
however	isap:32487953	0.280953
subject	isap:39874589	0.277066
role	isap:92148706	0.276170
perhap	isap:116113761	0.273981
stand	isap:364533190	0.270357
use	isap:465469133	0.270103
animal	isap:121821491	0.269149
level	isap:376192155	0.267260
conference	isap:474898163	0.265637
opinion	isap:38032250	0.263675
privacy	isap:38119525	0.263192
position	isap:361046687	0.255857
god	isap:465682893	0.248532
view	isap:91743307	0.243511
need	isap:88957608	0.235830
work	isap:84954788	0.231088
mining	isap:113268330	0.228151
advocacy	isap:362345246	0.226652
day	isap:469259496	0.222549
prevalence	isap:474534532	0.222358
vaccine	isap:40358162	0.220386
something	isap:14021716	0.218659
specificity	isap:415316837	0.218204
benefit	isap:40791919	0.211979
therapy	isap:36308338	0.207749
election	isap:361751492	0.202950
bill	isap:90895107	0.200708
computer	isap:361662293	0.199233
fact	isap:86969535	0.185214
parent	isap:113660995	0.175045
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hope	isap:85822955	0.166013
respect	isap:31283004	0.162486
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regard	isap:117216469	0.152821
co-sleeping	isap:414372405	0.150468
etc	isap:467582032	0.149911
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yes	isap:466547130	0.108392