controversialism

Whatever the ethical impetus underlying a transgressive aesthetic stance, to the reactionary, these refusenik narratives are as often damned for rudeness as much as anything else, for breaches of the politeness principle -- with accusations of pretentiousness (the immodest and anti-generous assertion of prestige) and controversialism (deliberate disapprobation, tactlessness and disagreement for the sake of it).

Notes on Strange Fiction: Narrative's Function (2) Hal Duncan 2008

Whatever the ethical impetus underlying a transgressive aesthetic stance, to the reactionary, these refusenik narratives are as often damned for rudeness as much as anything else, for breaches of the politeness principle -- with accusations of pretentiousness (the immodest and anti-generous assertion of prestige) and controversialism (deliberate disapprobation, tactlessness and disagreement for the sake of it).

Archive 2008-09-01 Hal Duncan 2008

When that magazine started, I actually thought Sanders was being a good booster and creative by promoting it using his "controversialism."

WTF?? 2009

We should remember that the media are driven by controversialism and that hundreds of thousands of pages are written each day by people who are desperate to say something but have nothing to say.

In the news in Pompeii 2006

Some have found it excessive, suggesting that political idealism or shrewd controversialism have led to the boat being pushed out further here than it would be with straight sex, to the detriment of the work.

Notes From The Geek Show 2009

In his defence (as he's not here), Richard's shows have been on various themes and subjects over the years, from Christianity and Greek myth to midlife crisis and the male member - last year's was simply about growing up as a headmaster's son - and it feels a bit unfair to accuse him of "look-at-me controversialism".

Word Magazine - Comments 2009

Whatever the ethical impetus underlying a transgressive aesthetic stance, to the reactionary, these refusenik narratives are as often damned for rudeness as much as anything else, for breaches of the politeness principle -- with accusations of pretentiousness (the immodest and anti-generous assertion of prestige) and controversialism (deliberate disapprobation, tactlessness and disagreement for the sake of it).

Notes From The Geek Show 2008