hot-button

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hot-button

noun hot-buttons · hot button · hotbutton

alternative Alternative form of hot button As is usually the casee when the use of stimulant medications like Ritalin makes it into mainstream media, the [Sroufe] piece pushed emotional hot-buttons in a way that would scare the daylights out of uninformed readers and lead them to avoid ever using such medications or allowing their children t

adjective hot button · hotbutton

not comparable Arousing intense reactions; eliciting strong emotion or controversy. a hot-button issue

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@misc{hot_button_2026,
  title = {hot-button},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hot-button},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}