hot-button

Adjective

not-comparable

Arousing intense reactions; eliciting strong emotion or controversy.

Japanese Meaning

強い反応や激しい感情、論争を引き起こす / 物議を醸しやすい、話題になりやすい

The hot-button issue of data privacy dominated the debate.

データプライバシーという論争を呼ぶ問題が討論の中心となった。

Sense（1）

Arousing intense reactions; eliciting strong emotion or controversy.

The newspaper published articles on the hot-button issues on the front page to attract attention.