Use of such divisive language tends to polarize the public.
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Divisive
//dɪˈvaɪsɪv//
Synonyms for "divisive" (30 found)
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Strong matches (9)
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (15)
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Antonyms
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1 entriesderived
5 entriesrelated to
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 10 languages.
Finnish
4 entries- erimielisyyttä aiheuttava adj (having a quality that divides or separates)
- erottava adj (having a quality that divides or separates)
- hajottava adj (having a quality that divides or separates)
- mielipiteitä jakava adj (having a quality that divides or separates)
French
1 entries- clivant adj (having a quality that divides or separates)
German
3 entries- entzweiend adj (having a quality that divides or separates)
- spaltend adj (having a quality that divides or separates)
- teilend adj (having a quality that divides or separates)
Hungarian
1 entries- megosztó adj (having a quality that divides or separates)
Japanese
1 entries- 分割的な adj (having a quality that divides or separates)
Macedonian
1 entries- раздорен adj (having a quality that divides or separates)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഭിന്നിപ്പിക്കുന്ന adj (having a quality that divides or separates)
Polish
2 entries- dzielący adj (having a quality that divides or separates)
- rozdzielający adj (having a quality that divides or separates)
Russian
1 entries- раскольнический adj (having a quality that divides or separates)
Spanish
1 entries- divisivo adj (having a quality that divides or separates)
Sample 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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