'Divisive' definitions:
Definition of 'divisive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) [syn: dissentious, divisive, factious]
Definition of 'Divisive'
From: GCIDE
- Divisive \Di*vi"sive\, a. [Cf. F. divisif.]
- 1. Indicating division or distribution. --Mede. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'divisive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggressive,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bickering,
- combative,
- disputatious,
- eristic,
- factional,
- factious,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- litigious,
- partisan,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- shrewish,
- wrangling
Words containing 'Divisive'
- Divisibility,
- Divisible,
- Divisibleness,
- Divisibly,
- Division,
- Divisively,
- Divisiveness,
- Cell division,
- Divisible contract,
- Divisible offense,
- Long division,
- Petaloideous division,
- Short division,
- administrative division,
- advertising division,
- air division,
- benthic division,
- cellular division,
- division anthophyta,
- division archaebacteria,
- division bryophyta,
- division chlorophyta,
- division chrysophyta,
- division cyanophyta,
- division cynodontia,
- division dicynodontia,
- division eubacteria,
- division euglenophyta,
- division eumycota,
- division gymnomycota,
- division gymnospermophyta,
- division heterokontophyta,
- division lichenes,
- division magnoliophyta,
- division myxomycota,
- division phaeophyta,
- division protista,
- division pteridophyta,
- division rhodophyta,
- division schizophyta,
- division spermatophyta,
- division tracheophyta,
- form division,
- naval division,
- reduction division,
- sales division,
- territorial division,
- word division,
- cross-division,
- phase of cell division,
- naval air warfare center weapons division