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English Dictionary: divisive by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
divisive
adj
  1. dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
    Synonym(s): dissentious, divisive, factious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Divisive \Di*vi"sive\, a. [Cf. F. divisif.]
      1. Indicating division or distribution. --Mede.
  
      2. Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or
            difference.
  
                     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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