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divisive

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1. divisive - Adjective

2. divisive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Indicating division or distribution.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The choice facing the nation is between two totally different ways of life. And what a prize we have to fight for: no less than the chance to banish from our land the dark, divisive clouds of Marxist socialism and bring together men and women from all walks of life who share a belief in freedom. Margaret Thatcher

In the Middle East, Iraq, Sudan, the former Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland, and many other places in the world, religion has been so divisive that people have killed one another, believing they were doing the work of God. John Danforth

The problem is not that Christians are conservative or liberal, but that some are so confident that their position is God's position that they become dismissive and intolerant toward others and divisive forces in our national life. John Danforth

Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India. Manmohan Singh

Racism has always been a divisive force separating black men and white men, and sexism has been a force that unites the two groups. Bell hooks

As parliamentarians you must carefully examine your conscience on the deliberation of sensitive issues and not be swayed by divisive racial remarks which have been a common and unfortunate hallmark of debate in our Parliament. Josefa Iloilo

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