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divisive

adjective
🔊/dɪˈvaɪsɪv/
🔊/dɪˈvaɪsɪv/
 (disapproving)
Word Family
  • divide verb noun
  • division noun
  • divisive adjective
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  1. causing people to be split into groups that disagree with or oppose each other造成不和的；引起分歧的；制造分裂的
    • He believes that unemployment is socially divisive.他认为失业会引起社会分化。🔊🔊
    see also divideTopics Opinion and argumentc2
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting something that divides or separates): from late Latin divisivus, from Latin dividere ‘force apart, remove’.