hot-button

Definition

Alternative form of hot button.

Example Sentences

• "As is usually the casee when the use of stimulant medications like Ritalin makes it into mainstream media, the [Sroufe] piece pushed emotional hot-buttons in a way that would scare the daylights out of uninformed readers and lead them to avoid ever using such medications or allowing their children to, thereby giving up on a class of medications with enormous potential benefits."
• "What will trigger my hot-button?"
• "Therapist: As you can see, this particular thought represents a hot-button emotionally for Susan"