issue




an important question that is in dispute and must be settled

"the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss the real issues"

Type of:
  • content; cognitive content; mental object

Types:
  • gut issue; hot-button issue
  • paramount issue
  • pocketbook issue; bread-and-butter issue
  • quodlibet


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