Usually means: Issue that quickly ignites debate.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word hot button:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. hot-button, hot button: Merriam-Webster
  2. hot button: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hot button: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hot-button, hot-button, hot button: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Hot-Button, Hot-button, hot-button: Wordnik
  6. hot button: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hot-button, hot button: Wiktionary
  8. hot-button: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. hot-button: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. hot-button, hot button: Dictionary.com
  11. hot-button, hot button: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. hot button: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hot button: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hot button)

noun:  A central issue, concern or characteristic, especially one that motivates people to make a choice; sometimes also one that people seek to delay taking sides on.
noun:  (marketing, originally US) The principal desire that a salesman needs to "hit" in order to make a sale.
noun:  An emotional trigger; something that arouses strong emotion or opinions.
adjective:  Alternative form of hot-button [Arousing intense reactions; eliciting strong emotion or controversy.]

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