divisive
adjective (disapproving)Word Family
- divide verb noun
- division noun
- divisive adjective
causing people to be split into groups that disagree with or oppose each other see also divideTopics Opinion and argumentc2造成不和的;引起分歧的;制造分裂的 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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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’.