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Meanings of divisive in English

Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)

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        1
        The most factious of his opponents he turned out of their offices.
        Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
        2
        They were factious, and were not disposed to submit to legitimate authority.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08: Great Rulers
        3
        Every one was factious-everyone was a soldier-everyone was a leader.
        History of the Girondists, Volume I / Personal Memoirs of the Pa...
        4
        The factious spirit and the oppression of the ruling caste did the rest.
        Against Home Rule (1912) / The Case for the Union
        5
        The ministry was weak and divided, the nobility factious, and the people discontented.
        The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
        1
        For they proved the city great and not small, and rendered it harmonious and not dissentious, and erected the walls instead of pulling them down.
        The Orations of Lysias
        Usage of divisive in English
        1
        But the issue of permanent Nato bases in east Europe is divisive.
        The Guardian
        2
        The outcome promises weeks of potentially divisive talks to form a government.
        Reuters
        3
        The question is divisive, however -with strong arguments for and against.
        BBC
        4
        Mr Key said it was a divisive way of looking at things.
        Radio NZ
        5
        Abortion has remained the most divisive political and social issue for decades.
        The Irish Times
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        Marois come to power at the end of a divisive election campaign.
        The Guardian
        7
        The HKEx's proposal to change its listing rules has proved highly divisive.
        Reuters
        8
        The public account is an incendiary intervention in a highly divisive process.
        The Guardian
        9
        We have not experienced a divisive debate in Ireland on trans issues.
        The Irish Times
        10
        Racism is one of the most divisive words for any South African.
        The South African
        11
        May's divisive, didactic stance goes to the heart of Britain's Tory problem.
        The Guardian
        12
        Unfortunately, we're living in a time where it's very divisive right now.
        News.com.au
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        I think it's going to be deeply divisive, lawmaker Stephen Kinnock said.
        Reuters
        14
        Some say it's divisive, others say it's divisive but it's the truth.
        News.com.au
        15
        The trial is divisive, with Catalan independence activists seeing it as political.
        BBC
        16
        The San Francisco Police Officer's Association called the report misleading and divisive.
        Reuters
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