divisive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈvaɪsɪv/ (US)
- /dɪˈvɪsɪv/ (Canada)
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- /dɪˈvaɪsɪv/ (Canada)
- /dɪˈvaɪsɪv/ (UK)
- /dɪˈvɪzɪv/ (Canada)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dīvīsīvus.
Meanings
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Having a quality that divides or separates.
[W]hat a change has introduced itself everywhere into human affairs! [...] all is grown acrid, divisive, threatening dissolution; [...]
1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, chapter 6, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk), page 66:Rather than fostering unity, he becomes divisive.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most divisive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more divisive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
agglomerative · combinative · unifying
Deriveds
divisively · subdivisive · indivisive · divisiveness · undivisive
Synonyms
Translations (20)
ru раскольнический (having a quality that divides or separates) · pl dzielący (having a quality that divides or separates) · ml ഭിന്നിപ്പിക്കുന്ന (having a quality that divides or separates) · cs spory vyvolávající (having a quality that divides or separates) · de entzweiend (having a quality that divides or separates) · es divisivo (having a quality that divides or separates) · pl rozdzielający (having a quality that divides or separates) · ja 分割的な (having a quality that divides or separates) · mk раздорен (having a quality that divides or separates) · cs rozvratný (having a quality that divides or separates) · fi erimielisyyttä aiheuttava (having a quality that divides or separates) · cs rozdělující (having a quality that divides or separates) · de teilend (having a quality that divides or separates) · fi mielipiteitä jakava (having a quality that divides or separates) · fr clivant (having a quality that divides or separates) · fi erottava (having a quality that divides or separates) · fi hajottava (having a quality that divides or separates) · hu megosztó (having a quality that divides or separates) · cs kontroverzní (having a quality that divides or separates) · de spaltend (having a quality that divides or separates)