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Divisive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Creating dissension or discord.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Having a quality that divides or separates

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Indicating division or distribution.

adj. Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Forming or expressing division or distribution.

Creating division or discord: as, divisive courses.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)

Word Usage

"Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who is a co-chairman of the Obama campaign, issued a statement saying, "I'm deeply outraged and disappointed in the reckless statements," which he calls divisive and demeaning, and says, "They contradict his inspiring and courageous career.""

Equivalent

discordant

Cross Reference

divisive method divisive members divisive descent divisive difference

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

decisive derisive incisive indecisive

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

contentious discriminatory anti-democratic disruptive centrist