Use of such divisive language tends to polarize the public.
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Divisive
/dɪˈvaɪsɪv/
Synonyms for "divisive" (47 found)
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Adjective(2 words)
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Determiner(1 words)
most political policy
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2 entriesadjectivedescriptive term
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8 entriesdivisive rhetoricfactional framingidentity politics framingpartisan framingpolarizing effectscapegoating languagestereotype based framingus versus them framing
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6 entriesdivisive issuedivisive policydivisive rhetoricdivisive topicidentity politicspartisan framing
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2 entriesmore divisivemost divisive
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1 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
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.
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Race remains a potent and often divisive force in our society.
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Matoub's legacy remains divisive. You may love him or you may hate him, but surely, you can't ignore him.
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