Hypertext Webster Gateway: "divisive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Divisive \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
divisive
adj : dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
[syn: {dissentious}, {factious}]
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