Meaning of DIVISIVE
| Pronunciation: | | di'vIsiv
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| | Definition: | | [adj] dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) |
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| | Synonyms: | | discordant, dissentious, factious |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Di*vi"sive\, a. [Cf. F. divisif.]
1. Indicating division or distribution. --Mede.
2. Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or
difference.
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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| | Related Terms: | | aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, bickering, combative, disputatious, eristic, factional, factious, irascible, irritable, litigious, partisan, polarizing, polemic, pugnacious, quarrelsome, shrewish, wrangling |
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