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Divisive   /dɪvˈaɪsɪv/   Listen
Divisive

adjective
1.
Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion).  Synonyms: dissentious, factious.






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"Divisive" Quotes from Famous Books



... any unity in life, any connection between character and achievement, any laws of growth which operate in all departments and in all men, is to discredit one's intelligence and jeopardise one's influence. One field and one tool to each man seems to be the maxim of this divisive philosophy—if that can be called a philosophy which discards unity as a worn-out metaphysical conception, and separates not only men but the arts, occupations, and skills from each other ...
— Essays On Work And Culture • Hamilton Wright Mabie



Words linked to "Divisive" :   dissentious, discordant



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