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  • 11hot button — /ˈhɒt bʌtn/ (say hot butn) noun Colloquial an issue, subject, etc., to which someone is particularly sensitive and, if broached, is likely to provoke an extreme emotional response in that person: unreliable public transport is her hot button …

  • 12hot button — noun Date: 1975 an emotional and usually controversial issue or concern that triggers immediate intense reaction • hot button adjective …

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  • 13hot button — (USA)    A hot button is a topic or issue that people feel very strongly about.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 14hot button — noun a) a central issue, concern or characteristic, especially one that motivates people to make a choice b) the principal desire that a salesman needs to hit in order to make a …

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  • 15hot button — noun N. Amer. informal an issue that is highly charged emotionally or politically …

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  • 16gut issue — noun an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions • Syn: ↑hot button issue • Hypernyms: ↑issue …

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  • 17Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010 video game) — This article is about the 2010 video game. For other uses, see Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (disambiguation). Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit European cover art Developer(s) Criterion Games …

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  • 18Politicized issue — A politicized issue is a social, economic, theological, spiritual, medical or legal issue which has become a political issue, as a result of deliberate action or otherwise, whereby people become politically active over that issue.A contemporary… …

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  • 19hotbutton — hot button n. Slang Something that elicits a strong emotional response or reaction: an issue that became a hot button among younger voters.   hot but·ton (hŏtʹbŭt n) adj. * * * …

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  • 20Media and Publishing — ▪ 2007 Introduction The Frankfurt Book Fair enjoyed a record number of exhibitors, and the distribution of free newspapers surged. TV broadcasters experimented with ways of engaging their audience via the Internet; mobile TV grew; magazine… …

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