Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

Something that is pertaining to controversy

Polemical

The option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words "something that is pertaining to controversy" is polemical.

• Poignancy means a quality of evoking a sense of sadness or regret.
• Laudatory means expressing praise or admiration.
• Putative means assumed to be true or correct, but not yet proven.
• Polemical means involving or marked by controversy or debate.

The word polemical is the most appropriate because it specifically refers to something that is related to or caused by controversy. The other words do not have the same connotation of disagreement or dispute.