DIVISIVE

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Indicating division or distribution. Mede.

2.
a.

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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