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divisive

adj
/dɪˈvaɪsɪv/UK/dɪˈvaɪsɪv/CA

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīvīsīvus.

  1. borrowed from dīvīsīvus

Definitions

  1. Having a quality that divides or separates.

    • 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; [...]

The neighborhood

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