Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
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Examples for "divisive "
Examples for "divisive "
1 But the issue of permanent Nato bases in east Europe is divisive .
2 The outcome promises weeks of potentially divisive talks to form a government.
3 The question is divisive , however -with strong arguments for and against.
4 Mr Key said it was a divisive way of looking at things.
5 Abortion has remained the most divisive political and social issue for decades.
1 The most factious of his opponents he turned out of their offices.
2 They were factious , and were not disposed to submit to legitimate authority.
3 Every one was factious - every one was a soldier-everyone was a leader.
4 The factious spirit and the oppression of the ruling caste did the rest.
5 The ministry was weak and divided, the nobility factious , and the people discontented.
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.
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