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divisive

/dih-vahy-siv, -vis-iv/US // dɪˈvaɪ sɪv, -ˈvɪs ɪv //UK // (dɪˈvaɪsɪv) //

分裂性,分裂性的,分裂的,分裂

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : forming or expressing division or distribution.
    • : creating dissension or discord.

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Examples

  • Democrats have their agenda to pass, and Republicans don’t want to have to dwell on anything potentially divisive within their party.

  • Today, the Harvard International Negotiation Program is exploring how to use the Overview Effect to mitigate the “tribes effect,” a divisive mindset that fosters conflict.

  • We don’t feel this way because of disagreements over policy, though, even when it comes to the most divisive questions.

  • He had hoped it would be a sign that, after a divisive campaign, the president would be able to unify the country.

  • This last year has been so divisive, and so much has happened to pull people apart.

  • Johnson knew that the proposals he was going to send to the Hill would be divisive.

  • The Democrats were able to sideline Kucinich and avoid a divisive impeachment battle.

  • Past winning artists generally were either complete outsiders (McQueen) or divisive figures in the art world.

  • But getting the bill implemented proved to be highly divisive.

  • These will be essential to dealing with this incredibly divisive issue.

  • New and divisive questions which lead only to faction are propounded so that the voters are confused.

  • Only the last two of these had any lasting importance as divisive issues.

  • Such a conception of the Deity proves divisive rather than unifying.

  • Their experiences have no sharp edges, no abrupt precipices, no divisive gulfs, no defined beginnings and endings.

  • The divisive force is International Communism and the power that it controls.