divisive
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- adjective
- /dɪˈvaɪsɪv/
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divisivo
- Americans would err grievously to view their longest and most divisive war in such terms.
- a divisive issue
- politically divisive
- a divisive debate
This is like far left, you know, divisive political imagery.
- This is like far left, you know, divisive political imagery.
- So that's a story about our divisive politics today.
- But I think by clinging to these divisive categories, we're going to miss a lot.
- Ketchup is so divisive in so many ways.
- A cheap, transparent, racist, divisive stunt that Trump later boasted was a stunt.
- And by divisive, let's let's be clear, the word divisive doesn't mean people hate them.
- Papa, who's a who's a divisive figure, controversial figure.
- We're on the back end of like this unbelievably divisive election.
- I didn't really see this divisive part of cable news until Fox came along.
- I just mean like not being so divisive.
- Yeah, he remained A divisive cartoon.
- In which divisive cultural rhetoric had just reached toxic levels.
- It it's, well, there's at least two reasons it's divisive.
- In the polarized world that we live in these days, we're constantly hearing divisive news reports.
- And so this was saying that essentially that government line is divisive.
- The point I'm trying to make is that this is a very divisive issue.
Examples
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In the polarized world that we live in these days, we're constantly hearing divisive news reports.
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Our values have not changed; neither have some of the more divisive and destructive aspects of the immigration debate.
Academic text (2008) -
After all, this was the most divisive issue of their time.
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This has been the most divisive meeting the oil states have ever had.
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The most appropriate structure for youth sport has long been a divisive issue among those involved.
Academic text (1991) -
Then along comes a socially divisive issue like gay marriage.
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The situation dragged out for months and was a divisive issue for the community.
Academic text (2015) -
The House cited the extremely divisive nature of the issue as a primary reason for the change.
Academic text (1990) -
The House is currently dealing with some very difficult, intractable and divisive issues.
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The debate over immigration reform has become increasingly divisive among voters.
Synonyms
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Likely to cause strong public disagreement
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7.4
Causing people to disagree or argue
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7.5
Involving conflict between small groups inside a larger group
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9.5
Causing disagreement and division within a group
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8.1
Describing disagreement between people, groups, or inside a person
Likely to disagree with most people and start arguments
Causing disagreement or tension between people
Tending to make a group split into smaller parts
Making groups that keep people apart, often by income or race
Causing people to be kept apart by rules or places
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Etymology
Divisive comes from the root divide, which means 'to split' or 'to separate'. So something divisive 'splits' people into different groups and causes disagreement.