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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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Another hot-button topic is player safety, which union chief Tony Clark mentions at every turn.

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Hasan’s unwillingness to soften the edges around hot-button topics could be the reason he’s worked for more outlets than most public-facing folks in the media.

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Democrats have no more claim to Latino identity than Republicans, and the idea that putting partisans from both camps under the same ethnic tent might bring about commonality on hot-button issues such as reproductive rights or mass deportations is nonsense.

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But it never found a U.S. distributor, as streamers and studios have shied away from hot-button documentaries.

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Corbet: It’s funny to me because so many production companies make companies like our partners at Respeecher sign NDAs because of this being such a hot-button topic.

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