hot button
A central issue, concern or characteristic, especially one that motivates people to…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.
Meaning
3 sensesA 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.
The principal desire that a salesman needs to "hit" in order to make a sale.
An emotional trigger; something that arouses strong emotion or opinions.
Examples
5 sentencesIt's a hot button topic.
ruЭто больная тема. — Karok
Tom loves soapboxing about the hot button issue of the day.
ruТом любит разглагольствовать на злободневные темы. — Ooneykcall
The online chatter about hot-button issues is reaching a fever pitch.
Colonizing Mars is just starting to become a hot-button issue.
deDie Kolonisation des Mars beginnt gerade, ein heißes Thema zu werden. — BraveSentry
One of the hot button issues on the agenda is that of the conservation of African elephants.
ruОдним из острых вопросов, стоящих на повестке дня, является сохранение африканских слонов. — odexed
Origin
Registered as a trademark by American sales trainer Jack Lacy in 1956, first used in the 1Registered as a trademark by American sales trainer Jack Lacy in 1956, first used in the 1940s.
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