单词	divisive
释义	divisivedi‧vi‧sive /dəˈvaɪsɪv/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Abortion is one of the most divisive issues in America. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Among evangelical Christians, Graham is known for avoiding divisive rhetoric. Anti-debt groups in the South are aware of the divisive effect of selective and exclusionary debt relief proposals. But more important, and certainly more divisive, than such occasions was the endlessly controversial and emotionally potent question of precedence. For one to sue another would have been a divisive act not easily tolerated. The formalization of learning was not only unnecessary and inhibiting, but politically divisive. The introduction of grant-maintained schools and city technology colleges is without question divisive, leaving local authority schools as poor relations. With a membership deeply divided in its views, will a politicised curriculum be divisive? word sets WORD SETS► Groupings agitate, verbagitation, nounagitator, nounbipartisan, adjectivebipartite, adjectivebloc, nounBolshevik, nouncapitalism, nouncentrist, adjectivecoalition, nouncommie, nouncommunism, nouncommunist, nouncommunist, adjectiveCon, confederacy, nounconfederate, nounconfederation, nouncongress, nounconservatism, nounDem., disloyal, adjectivedissident, noundivide, verbdivisive, adjectivefascism, nounfascist, nounfederal, adjectivefederate, verbfederation, nounfront, nounginger group, nounhegemony, nounheterodox, adjectiveIndependent, nouninfighting, nouninterest group, nounIRA, nounIron Curtain, the, Lab, Labour, nounleftie, nounleftist, adjectiveleft-of-centre, adjectiveleft-wing, adjectivelefty, nounLib Dem, nounLiberal, nounLiberal Democrats, nounLiberal Party, loyalist, nounLuddite, nounmachine, nounmajority leader, nounminority leader, nounmoderate, adjectivemoderate, nounmonarchist, nounmovement, nounnationalism, nounnationalist, adjectivenationalist, nounNazi, nounneutral, adjectivenon-partisan, adjectivepalace revolution, nounparamilitary, adjectivepartisan, adjectivepartisan, nounparty, nounparty political, adjectiveparty politics, nounpinko, nounpro-, prefixpro-choice, adjectiveR, rabble-rousing, nounradical, nounrally, nounreactionary, adjectiverealign, verbrebel, nounrebellion, nounrebellious, adjectivered, adjectivered, nounrepublican, nounrevolt, nounrevolt, verbrevolutionary, adjectiverevolutionary, nounrightist, adjectiveright-of-centre, adjectiveright-wing, adjectiveroyalist, nounseparatist, nounspecial interest group, nounsplinter group, nounsplit, verbsubcommittee, nounsubversion, nounsuffragette, nounsympathizer, nounsympathy, nountendency, nounTory, nounTrotskyite, nountrue-blue, adjectiveUnionist, nounuprising, nounWhig, nounwing, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► divisive issue  The strike was a divisive issue in the community. ► socially/economically/politically etc divisive  socially divisive policies COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► more · But more important, and certainly more divisive, than such occasions was the endlessly controversial and emotionally potent question of precedence.· Reality is more divisive for both nations.· The history they have actually experienced has been much more divisive.· The longer he resists the pressure for change, the more divisive and dangerous will be his efforts to suppress it.· In a post-industrial information economy, the differences become more pronounced and more divisive as the length and necessity of schooling increase.· Ceremonies have been more divisive in character than any other part of ritual or theory. ► most · The potentially most divisive argument will be about who should be in charge during the dangerous period ahead. ► socially · This dependence upon parental support, though necessary if schools are to survive, is socially divisive.· He believes that unemployment is socially divisive and is leading to the creation of an underclass.· The charge is that exclusive concentration upon the personal can, in its effects, be socially divisive. NOUN► issue · Commentators suggested that the Church's role vis-à-vis the state would become a divisive issue in the expected October elections.· Since Bakke, the Court has continued to be deeply fragmented on this divisive issue.· There is no long-term advantage in avoiding contentious and divisive issues.· The strike became a divisive issue in the community, turning neighbors against neighbors and even relatives against relatives.· The more divisive issue was the old question of an election under united Coalition leadership.· The abortion issue is an even more divisive issue between sisters. Word family WORD FAMILYnoundividedivisionsubdivisionadjectivedivided ≠ undivideddivisible ≠ indivisibledivisiveverbdividesubdivide causing a lot of disagreement between people:  The strike was a divisive issue in the community.socially/economically/politically etc divisive socially divisive policies
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