divisive

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
divisive
    adj 1: dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority
           opinion) [syn: {dissentious}, {divisive}, {factious}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Divisive \Di*vi"sive\, a. [Cf. F. divisif.]
   1. Indicating division or distribution. --Mede.
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   2. Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or
      difference.
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            It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive
            quality, and can not reach to the depths of
            humanity.                             --J. C.
                                                  Shairp.
      -- {Di*vi"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Di*vi"sive*ness}, n.
      --Carlyle.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "divisive":
      aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, bickering, combative,
      disputatious, eristic, factional, factious, irascible, irritable,
      litigious, partisan, polarizing, polemic, pugnacious, quarrelsome,
      shrewish, wrangling
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