divisive
Meaning of divisive
- tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people.
the highly divisive issue of abortion
mid 16th century (as a noun denoting something that divides or separates): from late Latin divisivus, from Latin dividere (see divide).
Information about divisive
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of divisive
di-vi-sive
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- divisive is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
divisive synonyms
Meaning dissentious:
Meaning make (someone) feel isolated or estranged:
Meaning cause (someone) to be no longer on friendly terms with someone:
Meaning having the effect of making a person feel or be alone or apart from others:
Meaning characterized by or favouring schism:
Meaning disagreeing or incongruous:
Meaning not forming or contributing to a pleasing whole; discordant:
divisive antonyms
Meaning make or become united, uniform, or whole:
Words that rhyme with divisive
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