divisiveadjective
uk/dɪˈvaɪ.sɪv/us/dɪˈvaɪ.sɪv/used to describe something that causes great and sometimes unfriendly disagreement within a group of people:
The Vietnam war was an extremely divisive issue in the US
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Separating and dividing
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- borderline
- branch
- disestablish
- dismember
- dissociate
- dissociate yourself from sth
- disunite
- divide
- drift
- quarter
- ravel
- resolve
- resolve sth into sth
- rive
- riven
- tear 1
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divisively
adverb uk/dɪˈvaɪ.sɪv.li/us/dɪˈvaɪ.sɪv.li/
divisiveness
noun [ U ] uk/dɪˈvaɪ.sɪv.nəs/us/dɪˈvaɪ.sɪv.nəs/