About The Word Divisive
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Divisive
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What's The Definition Of Divisive?
[adj] dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Divisive: discordant | dissentious | factious Related Terms | Find terms related to Divisive: aggressive | bellicose | belligerent | bickering | combative | disputatious | eristic | factional | factious | irascible | irritable | litigious | partisan | polarizing | polemic | pugnacious | quarrelsome | shrewish | wrangling See Also | Divisive In Webster's Dictionary \Di*vi"sive\, a. [Cf. F. divisif.]
1. Indicating division or distribution. --Mede.
2. Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or
difference.
It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive
quality, and can not reach to the depths of
humanity. --J. C.
Shairp.
-- {Di*vi"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Di*vi"sive*ness}, n.
--Carlyle.
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