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 not reach to the depths of
humanity. --J. C.
Shairp.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
divisive
adj : dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
[syn: dissentious, factious]
WordNet (r) 2.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "divisive":
aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, bickering, combative,
disputatious, eristic, factional, factious, irascible, irritable,
litigious, partisan, polarizing, polemic, pugnacious, quarrelsome,
shrewish, wrangling
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
dissentious, factious
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