divisive

3 definitions found

divisive - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Divisive \Di*vi"sive\, a. [Cf. F. divisif.]
     1. Indicating division or distribution. --Mede.
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     2. Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or
        difference.
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              It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive
              quality, and can not reach to the depths of
              humanity.                             --J. C.
                                                    Shairp.
        -- Di*vi"sive*ly, adv. -- Di*vi"sive*ness, n.
        --Carlyle.
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divisive - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  divisive
      adj 1: dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority
             opinion) [syn: dissentious, divisive, factious]

divisive - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "divisive":
     aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, bickering, combative,
     disputatious, eristic, factional, factious, irascible, irritable,
     litigious, partisan, polarizing, polemic, pugnacious, quarrelsome,
     shrewish, wrangling