polarization
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- noun
- /ˌpoʊlərɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Literature
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polarización
- Barbara Sinclair has published extensively on Congress, political polarization, and law-making in the United States.
- political polarization
- ethnic polarization
- electoral polarization
The rebels clearly had no chance, but the increasing polarization had gone too far.
- The rebels clearly had no chance, but the increasing polarization had gone too far.
- But the consequences can be a perilous polarization.
- That is the thing creating that polarization.
- The issue polarization doesn't have much to do with the thing that you're actually differing about.
- And, and you see different trends in different places where, you know, in a lot of countries polarization is declining.
- And I think a lot of the declining trust stems from the way that we see each other in terms of affective polarization.
- And that's where you see the big shouting and craziness and polarization because teachers are saying, wait a second, I want to help kids.
- The last book, the Square in the past said the way that the Internet has evolved as our new public sphere has exacerbated polarisation.
- We we have a it's part of the polarization of American politics.
- And you said social media and you figured out polarisation works for reach.
- Your new book, Neutering the CIA, the Polarization of the Intelligence Organizations.
Examples
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It's led to massive increased political polarization to the point where the country can't get things done.
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The legislation was an impressive, perhaps even improbable, achievement, passed in an era of intense political polarization.
Academic text (2011) -
Does political polarization play a role here?
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Because of these relationships, global polarization will continue to shape the future.
Academic text (1993) -
His plan for a marriage with Spain was part of a larger scheme to try to end the polarization within Europe.
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The rebels clearly had no chance, but the increasing polarization had gone too far.
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And, you know, this has implications really more generally for the polarization that we see in our society today.
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The consequence has been a growing polarization and a rise in anti-Yugoslav sentiment.
Academic text (1991) -
Consensus crumbled, polarization grew, government initiative faded, and economic crisis set in rapidly.
Academic text (1990) -
The polarization of public opinion on climate change has made it difficult to reach a consensus.
Synonyms
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A strong disagreement between groups that causes tension
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Strong support for one group or view that ignores other views
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A quality that makes people strongly disagree and split into groups
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Two opposite ideas or feelings, for example hope and despair
The division of a group into two opposing sides
A feeling of strong conflict inside a person about two different loyalties
Antonyms
How Polarized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Polarization comes from polar, meaning 'pole' or 'opposite ends', and -ization meaning 'process'. So, in society or politics it means people or groups move to opposite sides with less middle ground, like two poles pulling apart.