osporiv

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From osporiti +‎ -iv.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ospǒriʋ/
  • Hyphenation: o‧spo‧riv

Adjective

ospòriv (Cyrillic spelling оспо̀рив, definite ospòrivī)

  1. disputable, contestable
    • 2013, Goran Kovačević, Mirza Smajić, Jasmin Ahić, Nedžad Koraljić, “Novi koncept razumijevanja odnosa sigurnosti i politike”, in Policija i sigurnost, volume 22, number 2, Zagreb: Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova RH / Policijska akademija, page 238:
      [...] postoji kategorija tzv. u suštini osporivih koncepata u koje spada i sigurnost [...]
      there's a category of so-called essentially contestable concepts, among which is security as well

Declension