divisive

divisive
adjective bisected, causing disagreement, causing disassociation, causing disjunction, causing separation, cleavable, creating dissension, creating disunity, creating hostility, discordant, discrepant, disengaging, disjoined, disjunctive, dissentient, dissident, dissonant, diverging, dividing, divisible, factious, fragmentable, inharmonious, partible, schismatic, separable, severable split, subdivisive

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  • Divisive — Di*vi sive, a. [Cf. F. divisif.] 1. Indicating division or distribution. Mede. [1913 Webster] 2. Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference. [1913 Webster] It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive quality, and can… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • divisive — c.1600, having a quality of dividing, from L. divis , pp. stem of dividere (see DIVIDE (Cf. divide)) + IVE (Cf. ive). Meaning producing discord is from 1640s. Related: Divisively; divisiveness …   Etymology dictionary

  • divisive — [ad] dissenting alienating, at odds, discordant, disruptive; concepts 401,537 …   New thesaurus

  • divisive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ causing disagreement or hostility. DERIVATIVES divisively adverb divisiveness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • divisive — [də vī′siv, də vī′ziv; ] also [, dəvis′iv] adj. [LL divisivus] causing division; esp., causing disagreement or dissension divisively adv. divisiveness n …   English World dictionary

  • divisive — di|vi|sive [dıˈvaısıv] adj causing a lot of disagreement between people ▪ The strike was a divisive issue in the community. socially/economically/politically etc divisive ▪ socially divisive policies …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • divisive — [[t]dɪva͟ɪsɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is divisive causes unfriendliness and argument between people. Abortion has always been a divisive issue... A referendum would be divisive. Derived words: divisiveness N UNCOUNT ...the divisiveness… …   English dictionary

  • divisive — adjective Date: 1642 creating disunity or dissension < a divisive issue > • divisively adverb • divisiveness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • divisive — adjective dɪˈvaɪsɪv Having a quality that divides or separates Rather than fostering unity, he becomes divisive …   Wiktionary

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