Divisive

//dɪˈvaɪsɪv//

"Divisive" in a Sentence (12 examples)

Use of such divisive language tends to polarize the public.

According to David Frum, the US Republican Party staged a convention which was their most listless and most joyless in twenty years, but Elizabeth Warren characterized that convention as the nastiest and most divisive in half a century.

Race remains a potent and often divisive force in our society.

Matoub's legacy remains divisive. You may love him or you may hate him, but surely, you can't ignore him.

The president glossed over these divisive issues.

The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said he thinks Trump’s actions as president could diverge from some of the more divisive words spoken during the campaign.

The war in Ukraine has been a divisive debate in Europe.

Islamophobia promotes divisive voices.

Competition itself has divisive energy and low vibration, making it difficult to avoid some kind of negativity all the time.

Candy corn is a divisive treat.

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Rather than fostering unity, he becomes divisive.

[W]hat a change has introduced itself everywhere into human affairs! [...] all is grown acrid, divisive, threatening dissolution; [...]

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