What does divisive mean?
Divisive means Having a quality that divides or separates..
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/dɪˈvaɪsɪv/ · adjective
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; [...]
Use divisive when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Divisive means Having a quality that divides or separates..
Common synonyms include disunifying, polarizing, discordant, factious.
Possible antonyms include combinative, agglomerative, unifying.
Rather than fostering unity, he becomes divisive.
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